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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which member of his family is Lestat most connected?
(a) His older brother.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother, Gabrielle.
(d) His younger brother.

2. How do Lestat and Gabrielle escape the room where she was dying?
(a) They sneak out a window.
(b) They go out a back door.
(c) They hide in a closet.
(d) They hide under the bed.

3. For whom does Lestat purchase gifts?
(a) The people at the theater.
(b) Nicolas and his brothers.
(c) The poor people of Paris.
(d) His father and Nicolas' father.

4. What is it that makes Lestat uneasy watching Gabrielle?
(a) When she climbs a wall.
(b) When she makes a kill.
(c) When she makes a mistake.
(d) When she changes her clothes.

5. What is Gabrielle's first night as a vampire like?
(a) Long as she tests out her powers.
(b) Dangerous as she makes her first kill.
(c) Short because she tires easily.
(d) Long because she has many questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do they go to sleep the night after the other vampires showed up?

2. What is Gabrielle's condition at the beginning of the story?

3. Why do Lestat and Gabrielle remain inside the cathedral?

4. Who is the one person who is not happy to hear of Lestat's good fortune?

5. What causes the vampires to start dancing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Lestat and Nicolas become friends.

2. What is Nicki's idea about the repertoire of the theater now called Theater of the Vampires?

3. Where do Gabrielle and Lestat go in Paris to escape the vampires who continue to chase them?

4. Confronting Lestat, what is Armand's main objection to Lestat?

5. Why is it necessary for Lestat to make a quick getaway from his family home?

6. How does Lestat immediately begin adjusting to being a vampire?

7. How does Lestat come to know that Magnus had been looking for one like him for quite some time?

8. How does Armand try to deceive Lestat and Gabrielle in order to keep them with him?

9. How does Gabrielle react to becoming a vampire?

10. How is the bond between Lestat and Nicki eventually broken?

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