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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 has Tommy stopped at Chinatown for Jody?

2. Why has the older vampire decided to leave dead bodies around San Francisco?

3. What does Jody buy on her outing?

4. Who does Tommy decide to take on a date?

5. What does the reader think caused Jody's low self esteem?

Short Essay Questions

1. What stops Jody from going into her house?

2. How do Jody and Tommy get rid of Jody's mother?

3. In order to give the turtles freedom, what does Tommy do?

4. Why is Jody furious after the Animals' visit?

5. Why does Tommy decides to "hold on to" Jody?

6. With the help of the dog, where do the Animals find Elijah's resting place?

7. Why does Simon attack Jody?

8. Why does Jody ask Tommy to kill Elijah during the day?

9. What happens when Jody wakes up in the morgue?

10. After the explosion, Elijah crawls out of the rubble. Why does Jody ask for him to be spared?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you have written Moore's book differently? Comment on the following points:

1. Would you have allowed Jody and Tommy to stay together?

2. How would you make the Animals a more loving bunch of men?

3. Would you make Francis Stroud's character even nastier than it already is?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Part 1. Analyze the character the Emperor.

Part 2. What does this character symbolize for the city of San Francisco? What important topics does the Emperor help to bring to the forefront?

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