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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. After Anita leaves Washington University, what does Louie do to help Anita?

2. The morning after Jean-Claude visited Anita's apartment, Richard calls Anita to announce the disappearance of whom?

3. Who refuses to leave Anita's apartment without a kiss goodbye?

4. In Anita's apartment, after Anita touches Richard and Jean-Claude, what comment does Jean-Claude make to Richard?

5. What sort of preternatural creature is Gretchen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Following Gretchen's actions near Washington University, how does Jean-Claude punish Gretchen for disobeying his orders?

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

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

6. Why does Anita try to dissuade Richard from accompanying her to the nature center, following a call from Williams?

7. How does Gabriel respond to pain, first from his silver earrings and then from the silver knife Anita uses to slice his stomach?

8. How does Raina ultimately convince Smitz to admit that he killed his wife?

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

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

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

Discuss the author's use of dark humor in the novel. Please reference at least three examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

What techniques does the author use to interweave lycanthropic and vampiric lore into her story, gradually and unobtrusively? How do Laurell K. Hamilton's werecreatures and vampires differ from others you have "met" in books or movies?

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