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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 agrees to drive Anita to the hospital from Smitz' house?

2. At the home of his friend Williams, what urge does Richard fight against?

3. Anita recognizes Gabriel's eyes from where?

4. What explanation does Jean-Claude offer for not coming to Anita's aid against Gabriel at Guilty Pleasures?

5. Near the end of "The Lunatic Cafe," Kaspar confesses that hunters pay him for what service?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Richard and Stephen arrive to help Anita and Louie, why does Stephen offer to drive Anita to Guilty Pleasures?

2. When Anita notices something familiar about Gabriel, why is this significant?

3. How does Richard try to save Anita while they are in Kaspar's basement?

4. After Anita announces her engagement, what is significant about the arrival of Raina and Gabriel at the office of Jean-Claude?

5. In Jean-Claude's office, what does Raina do in an attempt to make Anita jealous?

6. What is Kaspar's motive for betraying his fellow lycanthropes by supplying them to hunters for sport?

7. Following the arrest of Elvira, why does Williams call Anita on the phone?

8. The day after Richard and Jean-Claude argued in Anita's apartment, Ronnie calls Anita to share what evidence regarding the Smitz case?

9. Describe the creature whose skin is found in a river in Jefferson County.

10. Why did Elvira and other witches skin the naga?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

How do Burt and Dolph, Anita's two bosses, interact with her in the course of the novel? What point is the author making about women in the work force by Anita's disparate attitudes toward the two men?

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