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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 do the vampires destroy after Robert gets back into his house in Part I, Chapter 5?
2. What is Robert's father's name?
3. As Robert is driving through the city in Chapter 2, what does he notice?
4. What is on Robert's living room wall?
5. Robert recalls the beginning of the plague. A war began. What happened during that war to begin all the trouble?
Short Essay Questions
1. Robert's thoughts have a particular theme in Part I, Chapter 2. Outline his thoughts in simple form and describe the assumptions he makes from his analysis.
2. Why does Robert go to Ben's house after Virginia dies, and what does he find there?
3. In Part I, Chapter 6, what does Robert's new mural represent?
4. How does Robert react to the vampire attack after he gets back in his house?
5. What does Robert do in Part II, Scene ,7 after he finds out about the characteristics of garlic; what are the results?
6. How does Robert begin his research into the nature of vampires?
7. What has Robert done to keep the vampires out of his home?
8. When Robert recalls the past in Part I, Chapter 6, what does he remember?
9. What is allyl sulphide, and how is it prepared?
10. What theory about the disease is Robert not ready to accept in Part II, Chapter 7? What does he research after this conclusion?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think the author chooses vampires as the villains of the novel? What do vampires represent in the story?
Essay Topic 2
When Robert meets Ruth, he is wary and has not even the slightest interest in her romantically. Do you think Robert's trust in humans is permanently damaged? He doesn't seem to know whom to trust, if anyone. How do you think he might recover that trust?
Essay Topic 3
Consider the various legends associated with vampires. What practical application might these legends serve? For example, the legend about vampires sleeping all day and only coming out at night might be a crafty way parents in any era might have kept their children from staying out after dark and exposing themselves to very real dangers. You may apply your chosen legend and application to current or past times when hypothesizing its purpose.
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