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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. How does Anita escape from the cave?

2. How does Anita feel about not knowing the location of Jean-Claude's daytime resting place?

3. What did the second victim have in common with the first victim?

4. Who is waiting for Anita in her apartment in Chapter 38?

5. What did Jeremy Ruebens claim on the morning news?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anita escape Alejandro in the cave?

2. What does Jean-Claude explain to Anita when she arrives at the Circus of the Damned on Halloween?

3. What awaits Anita at her apartment after she returns from the Circus of the Damned in Chapter 38?

4. Why does Richard take Anita to Jean-Claude in Chapter 42, and how does she react?

5. What does Anita tell Jean-Claude when she reaches him?

6. What does Alejandro do to Anita during the fight between Jean-Claude and Mr. Oliver?

7. What does Irving tell Anita in Chapter 27, and what does she ask him to do?

8. What is Mr. Oliver's goal, according to what he tells Anita in Chapter 30?

9. Describe the scene when Anita returns to Larry in Chapter 36.

10. What happens when Anita shoots Melanie, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is foreshadowing used in "Circus of the Damned"? Choose one major instance of foreshadowing and follow it through the book, finishing with how the event is fulfilled.

Essay Topic 2

How does the first person point-of-view enhance and inhibit the story? How would the novel change if a different point of view were used?

Essay Topic 3

How does Anita view herself? Why does she view herself in this way? Is her self-perception accurate or skewed, and in what way(s)?

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