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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 is the woman who gives Juvenal Nyx his name?
2. When the stranger leaves Calum trapped on a ledge in "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains," he tells him he will return when?
3. Who does Abe's wife go to stay with for awhile in "Weights and Measures"?
4. What does the fisherman wash when he returns home in "Catch and Release"?
5. How many times does Kane shoot the man in "Unbelief"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Tom confess to Deel while hunting in "The Stars are Falling"? What happens next?
2. How does the dwarf trick Calum in "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains"? Why?
3. How is the fisherman described in "Catch and Release"?
4. How does Juvenal begin his new life as a child of the night in "Juvenal Nyx"?
5. What conversation do Calum and the dwarf have while walking in "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains"?
6. Who gives Juvenal his name in "Juvenal Nyx"? How are their encounters described?
7. Why does Thor enlist Lukas' help in "Wildfire in Manhattan"? What does Lukas do?
8. What is the setting of "Mallon The Guru"? What sign comes to Mallon upon entering the village?
9. How does Killheffer end up shot in "Polka Dots and Moonbeams"? Where do Dex and Adeline go?
10. How long do the visits come nightly to Juvenal in "Juvenal Nyx"? What is he left with when his "creator" leaves him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare the vampire imagery in "Blood" and "Juvenal Nyx." How do the tones of each of these stories relate? What themes appear in the stories?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss some of the unifying themes, subjects and genres which comprise the anthology. What is "fantastic fiction" and how does it apply to the book?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the characters and setting of "Blood." Why is Vera's husband not given a name in the story?
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