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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. Sookie takes how many days off from work and gets things in order along with Arlene's help?

2. Bill speaks to the group about what?

3. Why is Sookie pleased to accept Sam's request?

4. The vampire spends some time with Gran, discussing what?

5. At Fangtasia, the Shreveport vampire bar, Sookie is amazed by what?

Short Essay Questions

1. About what does Bill speak at the meeting of the Descendants of the Glorious Dead?

2. How does Sam pleasantly surprise Sookie?

3. What does Sookie learn about both Kevin Prior and Rene, as well as JB?

4. How does Sookie react when she realizes she cannot read the vampire's thoughts?

5. What happens when Eric asks how Bill knew there would be a raid?

6. What disturbing information does JB du Rone give Sookie?

7. What do Terry Bellefleur and Sookie discuss?

8. Of whom does Sookie remind Rene Lenier?

9. How is Sookie and Bill's evening disrupted?

10. What happens when Sookie arrives home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Sookie's grandmother is murdered.

Part 1) Why is she murdered? How does her death affect Sookie and Jason?

Part 2) How does Sookie cope with her grandmother's death? Are you surprised at how she handles her grief and loss? Why or why not?

Part 3) What does her death and funeral reveal about Gran? How will the loss of Gran change Sookie's life?

Essay Topic 3

Sookie has mixed feelings about vampires.

Part 1) What are these feelings? Why are they mixed?

Part 2) How do her feelings change throughout the story? What causes these changes?

Part 3) How do these mixed feelings affect her relationship with Bill and others?

Part 4) Will she and Bill have a long-term relationship? Why or why not?

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