2. Aware that something is wrong, Sookie calls for Bubba and gets no response. She tries to call the police and is stunned to find that the phone lines have been cut.

3. Sookie and Bill return where to meet with Eric?

4. Sookie goes to work the next day and her co-workers do what?

5. What does this vampire like to eat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the police so interested in Jason?

2. What does Sookie learn about Sam?

3. How does Arlene surprise Sookie?

4. What happens after Sookie points out the guilty party?

5. What does Bill do, thinking he is protecting her?

6. What happens when Rene and Arlene return to pick up the kids?

7. What does Bill learn about Sookie?

8. What do Bill and Sookie both say about their relationship?

9. Why does Sam send Sookie home from work?

10. What does Sookie tell Bill later that evening?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

A vampire nest is burned to the ground in Monroe.

Part 1) Why is it burned down? What does this reveal about the relationship between these humans and vampires? Might this reflect a more national or global relationship? Why or why not?

Part 2) What might this foreshadow for the future of vampire and human relations?

Part 3) Did these vampires deserve to be destroyed? Why or why not? What would you have done if you had heard this arson was to take place? Why would you do this?