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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which vampire is Anita amazed to find outside during the day in Chapter 30?

2. What is Louie's relationship with Ronnie?

3. Who kills the flower delivery man in Chapter 32?

4. Which of the following is not a werewolf at the hospital with Anita in Chapter 38?

5. Where do Dolph Storrs and Pete McKinnon want Anita to meet them in Chapter 39?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Louie feel about Anita and why does he suggest that Anita and Richard continue to see each other?

2. What special ability does Detective Padgett have and how does this ability influence his interactions with shapeshifters?

3. Why does Anita's saving of Rafael's life significant to Louie?

4. Why does Larry call Anita in Chapter 39?

5. What does Pete McKinnon ask Anita to assist him with in Chapter 34?

6. What is the Day of Cleansing and how does it relate to the attack on Anita and her friends in Chapter 32?

7. Describe the attack on Anita and her friends in Chapter 32.

8. In Chapter 47, who claims responsibility for the bombings of the vampire businesses in the area and what does Anita learn about the supposed attack on a human at the Burnt Offerings bar?

9. Where do Dolph and Pete McKinnon want Anita to meet them in Chapter 39 and why do they need her assistance there?

10. Who is Cherry and why is Richard angry with her in Chapter 27?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Anita's relationship with Jean Claude in Burnt Offerings with her relationship with Richard. Which man do you think she loves best and why? Which man do you think she would be happiest with in the long term? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Select three subplots in Laurell K. Hamilton's novel Burnt Offerings. Discuss how these subplots relate to the main plot and to each other. Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the depiction of women in Burnt Offerings. Are women in positions of leadership in the novel? What characteristics are ascribed to women in the novel? Do the men in the novel treat the women as equals or do they try to dominate them? Cite at least three examples from the text to support your conclusions.

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