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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. What is Ronnie's relationship to Anita?
2. What does Anita have to wear in Chapter 45 to enter the water-filled basement of the halfway house?
3. Which police officer does not accompany Anita into the basement of the halfway house in Chapter 46?
4. Which of the injured shapeshifters is too injured to leave the hospital in Chapter 36?
5. In Chapter 43, what does Jean Claude believe the council is doing instead of feeding on human blood?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 26, why is Richard angry with Anita?
2. What happens in Chapter 46 when Anita and the police descend into the basement to try to move the vampires to higher ground?
3. How does Ronnie feel about Anita's relationships with Jean Claude and Richard, and how do Ronnie's opinions about the two men in Anita's life compare with Anita's opinions?
4. What special abilities does Warrick display in Chapter 30 and what does he think his abilities indicate?
5. What suggestion does Larry make to Anita in Chapter 40 and how does Anita feel about Larry's suggestion?
6. What does Asher want from Anita in Chapter 49 and how does she manage to avoid giving it to him?
7. How does Captain Thomas Carswell help Anita and her group at the Circus of the Damned in Chapter 29 and what is unusual about the fact that he is helping them?
8. Why does Anita's saving of Rafael's life significant to Louie?
9. What explanation does Jean Claude give Anita for the unusual behavior that Caroline has observed among the vampires?
10. In Chapter 50, how does Anita use Raina's munin to defeat Yvette?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the Humans First organization in the novel and how it conveys the concept of prejudice. What do you think the author is trying to say about prejudice through her depiction of this group in the novel? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Burnt Offerings contains a number of instances of irony. Cite at least three examples of irony in the novel and what you think the author is trying to convey through her use of this technique.
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