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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. How does Sam reveal the bite mark?

2. Recovered from the ordeal with the detective, Sookie is pleasantly surprised when what happens?

3. Sookie discusses things with Terry who automatically connects Dawn's death with what?

4. Of what does Malcolm remind Bill?

5. Suddenly Sookie reads the thoughts of whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Sam pleasantly surprise Sookie?

3. Of whom does Sookie remind Rene Lenier?

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

5. How do others react to Sookie's relationship with Bill?

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

7. How does Sookie deal with her grief over her Gran's death?

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

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

10. Why does Sookie grow more and more annoyed at the bar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sookie Stackhouse is able to read minds.

Part 1) How does this affect her social life? Why does it affect her social life in this way? How does this also affect her self-esteem?

Part 2) How does she use this ability to help herself and others? How do her experiences throughout this book aid in changing her view of herself?

Part 3) How different would the story be if Sookie were not telepathic? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

The murders occur due to a hatred of vampires.

Part 1) Why does the murderer hate vampires? Why does he react the way he does?

Part 2) Does this attitude toward vampires reflect the attitude of many? What other hate crimes take place in this story? Can these human/vampire issues be resolved? Why or why not?

Part 3) What hate crimes take place in our own world? Why do these crimes take place? How can we work to make our world a safer and happier place?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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