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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 does Sam make a request of Sookie?

2. Why does Rene Lenier call from across the street?

3. Jason tells the two women that Maudette Pickens, a girl Sookie had gone to school with, had been murdered when?

4. As the vampire recovers what question does he ask Sookie?

5. At work, what happens when a patron touches Sookie inappropriately?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sookie save Eric and Pam during the police raid?

2. What happens when Sam finds Sookie upset at work? How does Sookie feel about this?

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

4. How are the Rattrays killed?

5. What surprising news does Jason give his sister and grandmother the next day? How do the two women react to this news?

6. What happens at Bill's home later that night?

7. What does Sam want Sookie to do for him? What does she find?

8. Why is Sookie excited about meeting a vampire?

9. What does Andy Bellefleur do when he comes into Merlotte's?

10. What changes Bill and Sookie's relationship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sam reveals his secret to Sookie.

Part 1) What is this secret? Why does he choose to reveal it to Sookie?

Part 2) How does Sookie react to this secret? Are you surprised by her reaction? Why or why not?

Part 3) How would you have reacted to Sam's secret? Why would you react this way?

Part 4) How might Sam and Sookie's relationship be changed by this revealing of this secret? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Bill is the first vampire Sookie meets.

Part 1) How is Bill intriguing to Sookie? How does he become important in Sookie's life and to the plot of the story? How is this importance foreshadowed?

Part 2) Is Bill a good example of a typical vampire? Why or why not? How does he compare to other vampires? How does he compare to humans?

Part 3) How does Bill affect Sookie's life? Is his affect good, bad, or a little of both? 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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