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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the reaction of the other vampires as Akasha is destroyed?
(a) They ask for a bite of her brain and her heart.
(b) They realize they will miss her, and begin to weep.
(c) They race from the room.
(d) They, too, begin to die.

2. What is Armand dreaming when Akasha lets Lestat see him?
(a) A falcon hunting on the plains.
(b) A red-haired woman walking in the jungle.
(c) A polar bear tracking salmon.
(d) A lioness stalking wild deer along the Amazon.

3. What does Akasha say about her temperament?
(a) She has matured and calmed down during the years of dormancy.
(b) She might have a temper but, deep down, her heart is soft.
(c) She knows she is strong, powerful and bold.
(d) She has always been a ruler and doesn't intend to give it up now.

4. Gabrielle wants to destroy Akasha for taking her son, Lestat. What does she ask Maharet about that plan?
(a) "If I drive a stake through her heart, will Lestat survive?"
(b) "What is the most efficient way to waste her, if I get the chance?"
(c) "If I destroy this monster who's taken my son, do we all die?"
(d) "Will the rest of us lose our powers if Akasha dies?"

5. What is the only solution the twins can offer Akasha and Enkil to end their torment?
(a) Seek the advice of a shaman to be found in the jungles of Peru.
(b) Entice the spirit out with the sacrifice of 49 tender children.
(c) Walk seven times around a fire, while the witches chant and spirits pray.
(d) Commit suicide and deprive the evil spirit of their bodies.

6. What insight does Akasha have at the conference that both shocks and saddens her?
(a) The survivors lntend to withdraw her blood and bank it for future use.
(b) Every single one of the survivors is doomed to die from sun-poisoning.
(c) Not a single one of the survivors, not even Lestat, agrees with her vision.
(d) Lestat has been seeing Jesse all along.

7. What does Akasha believe will be the result of her reign?
(a) Women rule all the world's countries,
(b) Peace on Earth.
(c) She marries Lestat in a grand ceremony.
(d) Purging fires destroy all the world's evil.

8. How do Mekare and Maharet rescue the king and queen?
(a) They don't; it is beyond their power.
(b) The twins bathe the royal couple in holy water and chant over them.
(c) They refuse to even try, out of vengence for their previous treatment.
(d) They burn incense; the smoke drives Amel out of the palace.

9. What does Marius wish he had done when he had the chance?
(a) Danced and made merry, without the worry of keeping the Queen and King.
(b) Written down his experiences and made them into a blockbuster movie.
(c) Disappeared into the centuries to lead a life of debauchery.
(d) Destroyed the Queen and King and,with them, all vampires.

10. What is Lestat imbibing when he is with Akasha that gives him power and pleasure?
(a) Stolen morphine.
(b) Armand's tears.
(c) Baby Jenks' dreams.
(d) Akasha's blood.

11. Why do the people of Mount Carmel eat their dead?
(a) A neighboring tribe forces them to become cannibals.
(b) They have a taste for the tender flesh of relatives.
(c) So the flesh of the dead would not rot and their souls could flourish.
(d) There is a famine in the countryside and people are starving.

12. What is Akasha's only weakness?
(a) Her passion for the finest treasures of all time.
(b) Her inability to admit she is wrong.
(c) Chronic anemia.
(d) She needs Lestat because she is afraid of being alone.

13. The idea that Mekare is alive and sending the dreams causes what emotions among the older vampires?
(a) Annoyance that their sleep has been so badly disturbed the past 10 nights.
(b) Apprehension that she will join ranks with their enemies.
(c) A certain dread about her purpose in sending the dreams.
(d) Joy that she is alive and apparently coming to see them.

14. What does Maharet reveal to the gathering?
(a) That she, Maharet, has been sending the dreams.
(b) She tells them her twin is alive, though her whereabouts are unknown.
(c) That Akasha is, in fact, her twin.
(d) She says she has found the body of her sister in the jungle.

15. What are Lestat's thoughts as he falls deeper and deeper into Akasha's spell?
(a) He wishes she would drop the plan and let him take her to Paris.
(b) He is growing more excited about the plan and the prospect of being Akasha's consort.
(c) He knows Marius will persuade Akasha to share power with the others.
(d) He believes he can control Akasha with a little of his old charm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lestat feel about killing for Akasha?

2. What was Lestat's childhood ambition?

3. Which part of their mother's body does Mekare and Mahareta believe is most significant?

4. What secret does Khayman keep from the King and Queen after the twins return home?

5. What is Marius' condition when Pandora rescues him from the ice?

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