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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. For what reason does Edward frequently follow Anita throughout the course of "The Lunatic Cafe?"

2. What description does the naga provide from his hospital bed to help identify the individuals who skinned him?

3. Who arrives to pick up Anita, in order to investigate the skin found in the river?

4. Jean-Claude gives which vampire a choice between appearing in Raina's films or going into a coffin, at Guilty Pleasures?

5. What does Gretchen do to facilitate Anita's entry into Guilty Pleasures?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gretchen do to Anita after Anita leaves Washington University, and what is her motivation?

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

3. What is Kaspar's role in Raina's porn movies?

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

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

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

7. During an argument in Anita's apartment, what happens when Anita attempts to separate Richard and Jean-Claude?

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the scene in which Louie rescues Anita from Gretchen, then Anita rescues Louie from Gretchen, and, most importantly, Anita nurtures and protects the unconscious and vulnerable wererat as he changes back into his human form. How does this scene serve to cement a fragile yet important connection between humans and preternatural creatures in the novel's world?

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