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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. Things seem normal, but there is a smell in the air and Sookie realizes it is what?

2. Who is on the scene at the Rattrays?

3. Into what room does Sookie decide to move?

4. Why does Sam make a request of Sookie?

5. Who surprises Sookie at Bill's home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Sookie arrives at Bill's home?

2. Who is Adele Hale Stackhouse? Why does Sookie live with her?

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

4. What happens when Sookie arrives home?

5. Why do both Bill and Sookie think that the murderer is not a vampire? Who might be the killer?

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

7. What does Sookie do when she arrives at Fangtasia?

8. About what do Sam and Sookie talk over coffee?

9. What happens between Detective Bellefleur and Sookie?

10. What happens when Sookie goes to see the damage done to the Rattray's trailer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several women are murdered in this story.

Part 1) By whom are they murdered? How are they murdered? Why are they murdered? How do these murders progress the plot?

Part 2) How do each of the murders affect Sookie and the other members of the Bon Temps community?

Part 3) Is the murderer a surprise? Why or why not? How is the identity of the murderer foreshadowed throughout the story?

Part 4) Could Sookie have realized the identity of the murderer without her telepathic powers? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Sookie's Uncle Bartlett sexually abused her.

Part 1) How is this information foreshadowed in the book?

Part 2) How does the giving of this information to Bill affect his relationship with Sookie? What does this reveal about his feelings for Sookie, as well as his mindset as a vampire?

Part 3) Did Uncle Bartlett deserve to be killed? Did Bill have the right to kill him? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Sookie reveals her talents to Eric.

Part 1) Why does she do this? What does this reveal about her?

Part 2) how does this use of her talents affect her and others? How might this act continue to affect her life?

Part 3) Will Sookie's life ever return to normal? Why or why not?

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