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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 the mansion owner's job?

2. What points Death to the next soul he has to take?

3. How does Zane's first client die?

4. What does Zane tell the woman she should live to do?

5. Who did the magician make an arrangement with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fate say are Zane's duties as Death?

2. In what way does the theme of death hang over the first chapter?

3. How does Zane help the drowning man in Chapter 4?

4. How does Zane get together a performance for the old man?

5. What realization does Zane come to by the end of the chapter?

6. What does the Nurse explain about the boy?

7. Why is Zane pleased to see the social services outside the nursing home?

8. In what way does Fate say Death was careless?

9. What does Luna confess to Zane in Chapter 5?

10. Why will the computer send the baby to Purgatory?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the books reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

Essay Topic 2

What religious and mythological figures does Anthony represent in the novel? How true does Anthony representation stay to the original myth?

Essay Topic 3

How does Anthony represent black magic in the novel? How accurate is Anthony's representation of black magic? How does he use the story and character to create his representation?

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