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

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

3. Who is on the scene at the Rattrays?

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

5. Is Sookie interested in seeing her Uncle Bartlett?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Sookie Stackhouse? Why does she not have many friends?

2. What do Terry Bellefleur and Sookie discuss?

3. Why is Sookie excited about meeting a vampire?

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

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

6. What happens when Sookie arrives home?

7. What changes Bill and Sookie's relationship?

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

9. Why is Bill not happy with Eric?

10. About what do Gran and Bill talk?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Vampires are powerful creatures.

Part 1) How is this demonstrated in the story? How does this power affect the humans in the story?

Part 2) Why might Sookie be immune to some of this power? How does this immunity affect her relationship with the vampires? How is she still affected by them? How are they affected by her?

Part 3) What powerful influences exist in our own lives? How does this power affect us?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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