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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 sort of preternatural creature is Raina?
2. What important question does Richard ask Anita?
3. With whom does Anita leave her meeting?
4. Early in the novel, why does Smitz wish to hire Anita?
5. What does Rafael do to rescue Anita from the werewolf who is holding her and mouthing her neck?
Short Essay Questions
1. While Anita is near the theater, talking with Richard and Jean-Claude, why does Dolph page Anita?
2. Where does Anita work, and what sort of work does she do?
3. After Anita shoots and kills Alfred, what do most of the lycanthropes in the meeting do?
4. Why is Anita worried when she learns that Richard has a Rodgers and Hammerstein collection?
5. What weapon does Alfred find when he searches Anita in a room near the Lunatic Cafe, and what weapon does he fail to find?
6. During their meeting at Washington University, what request and/or advice does Louie give to Anita regarding Richard?
7. During the meeting between Marcus, Anita, and the pack, what statement first sparks an argument?
8. Why does Elvira wish to hire Anita?
9. Why is Anita hesitant to date Jean-Claude?
10. At the Lunatic Cafe, who does Raina threaten and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the author use settings to enhance the mood and further the plot in "The Lunatic Cafe?" Are the fictional settings described as convincingly as the settings that actually exist in St. Louis (The Fox Theatre and Washington University)?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the corruption of some police officers, as depicted in the novel. What leads some officers, such as Titus and Aikensen, to corruption, while others travel the path of what is right?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the numerous crimes solved by Anita during the course of the novel. For each, consider any major incorrect theories Anita might have held, and detail the important clue that led her to the correct conclusion.
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