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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. Why is Jody worried about the homeless man across the street from their apartment?

2. Where does Tommy stop before going to Jody's old job?

3. Why have Tommy's roommates been courting him?

4. What do Tommy and the sales man argue over during the day?

5. What has Tommy found on his bed everyday that he has lived in Chinatown?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Moore do in this chapter that is important for Jody's character development?

2. What does Jody unconsciously do to make herself feel better?

3. Who is C Thomas Flood?

4. Jody asks Tommy to do many things for her. How does Tommy begin to feel about Jody's bossiness?

5. Does Tommy have any second thoughts about all the work Jody has him do?

6. What does Troy Lee discover about Tommy's roommates?

7. Who does Jody decide to attack at the laundromat?

8. How does Jody prove she is a vampire? How does Tommy react to the news?

9. Why does Jody ask Tommy to jump off of the Coit Tower?

10. Why does Jody feel guilty about not telling Tommy she is a vampire?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several of the characters in Bloodsucking Fiends are aflicted with AIDS:

Why does Moore discuss AIDS in the book?

Does this have something to do with the time period of the novel?

How did AIDS affect the gay and young American scene in San Francisco in the early 1990s?

Essay Topic 2

How does Moore use style and tone to create the landscape of San Francisco?

How does Moore use colorful, creative characters to expose San Francisco?

Essay Topic 3

If you could be Elijah in the story, how would you have changed your actions so that you would not end up in a bronze statue?

Describe why and how your actions would have been different.

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