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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. Bill explains that she should not ever call the vampire anything but what?

2. They find Eric in a small room with a human named Bruce. Who is Bruce?

3. A moment between Sam and Sookie is interrupted by whom?

4. Sookie realizes that the amount of vampire blood that she has ingested has done what?

5. How does Sookie feel about the person who is with Bill?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Bill and Sookie both say about their relationship?

2. How does Sookie find the guilty party?

3. Who is the vampire that joins Bill and Sookie? What has happened to him?

4. What does Sookie tell Bill later that evening?

5. What does Sookie learn about Sam?

6. What happens after Sookie points out the guilty party?

7. Why does Eric need Sookie's help?

8. What does Bill learn about Sookie?

9. How does Arlene surprise Sookie?

10. What does Jason ask Sookie to do? What is her response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sookie works as a waitress at a bar.

Part 1) Is she your stereotypical waitress? Why or why not? Why might she be a waitress? Does she enjoy her job? Why or why not?

Part 2) If Sookie had another career, what would it be? Why? Why might the author have chosen to make Sookie a waitress?

Part 3) How does Sookie's work as a waitress affect how people perceive her? Why is this? How does this affect her? How does this reflect real life?

Essay Topic 2

Sookie Stackhouse is able to read minds.

Part 1) How does this affect her social life? Why does it affect her social life in this way? How does this also affect her self-esteem?

Part 2) How does she use this ability to help herself and others? How do her experiences throughout this book aid in changing her view of herself?

Part 3) How different would the story be if Sookie were not telepathic? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Sam is unusual.

Part 1) How is he unusual? How does Sookie sense this? How is this foreshadowed throughout the story?

Part 2) With the discovery of vampires and oddities such as Sam, what might this reveal about the world in which the story takes place?

Part 3) Might surprises such as these exist in our own world? Why or why not?

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