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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. Who does Ever think is responsible for the art hanging on the walls in the twins' room?

2. Where did Damen move in order to find Ever in their present life?

3. What does Jude tell Ever to do when he takes her to Ava's house?

4. Where does Ever first go when she returns to the earth plane?

5. What does Ever concentrate on when Roman is about to have sex with her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What other picture does Ever see in the twins' house, and what does she realize?

2. What picture of herself does Ever see in the twins' house?

3. What does Ever show Jude when they first arrive in Summerland?

4. What does Ever tell Damen when she leaves Summerland, and how does he react?

5. Where does Ever end up in Summerland, and what does she think about there?

6. Where do Damen and Ever go from Summerland, what happens there, and how does Ever feel? What does Ava tell her?

7. What does Ever do while Jude is in the Great Halls of Learning?

8. What does Ever realize when she is talking to Roman, and what happens because of that?

9. How does Jude first go to Summerland?

10. How does Ava begin to help Ever?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dark Flame is one book in a series of novels involving Ever and Damen. Discuss the following.

1. What are some of the advantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Use examples.

2. What are some of the disadvantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Use examples.

3. Do you prefer to read a standalone book, or a series of books with the same main characters? Explain your response.

4. Do you think it is easier, more difficult, or about the same difficulty level to write a standalone book versus one in a series? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of immortality in Dark Flame. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with immortality? Why? What are some symbols of immortality? Symbols of death? What characters are immortal? How do they handle their immortality?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of friendship in Dark Flame. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? How are friendships in Dark Flame threatened? Which friendships are strengthened? Which fail or are weakened?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of obsession in Dark Flame. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most obsessed? Why? What are some behaviors that demonstrate obsession?

Essay Topic 3

Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Alyson Noël.

2. What in Noël's background may have helped her in writing Dark Flame? What may have influenced the way she depicts various characters and scenes?

3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.

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