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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 item does Anita refuse to give up at the entrance of Guilty Pleasures?
2. At Guilty Pleasures, what does Raina say Jean-Claude has promised to her?
3. After leaving Williams' house, where does Anita encounter Titus and Aikensen?
4. Who refuses to leave Anita's apartment without a kiss goodbye?
5. What reason does Kaspar give for being cursed as a swan?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the creature whose skin is found in a river in Jefferson County.
2. Near Washington University, how does Anita help Louie after he suffers injuries?
3. After Anita separates Richard and Jean-Claude during an argument in her apartment, why does Jean-Claude ultimately laugh and gloat, content to depart without a kiss from Anita?
4. What happens to Louie when he comes to the aid of Anita near Washington University?
5. What is Kaspar's motive for betraying his fellow lycanthropes by supplying them to hunters for sport?
6. How does Richard try to save Anita while they are in Kaspar's basement?
7. During an argument in Anita's apartment, what happens when Anita attempts to separate Richard and Jean-Claude?
8. What does Gretchen do to Anita after Anita leaves Washington University, and what is her motivation?
9. What is Kaspar's role in Raina's porn movies?
10. When Anita notices something familiar about Gabriel, why is this significant?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What techniques does the author employ, to build suspense as the story develops, to provide a reasonable number of clues, and to avoid giving away the ending too early in the story? Is the novel successful as a thriller?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Why, throughout most of "The Lunatic Cafe," does Anita resent any attempt by Richard to protect her? Why, near the end of the novel, is Anita grateful when Richard tries to rescue her from Jason?
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