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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. What is Sookie told as to why they need her help?
2. What is the name of the bellhop?
3. What does Stan want Sookie to do?
4. Who is Sarah Newlin?
5. What does Sookie feel after the event in question #25?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who do Bill and Sookie think might have kidnapped Farrell?
2. What does Sookie's boss do when he learns of Sookie's injuries and what does he ask him to do?
3. What was the woman who hurt Sookie?
4. Who does Sookie encounter inside the Fellowship Church?
5. Who comes to Sookie's work, what do they do, and what does she recall?
6. What does Sookie do for a living and what special ability does she have?
7. Where do Sookie and Bill go when they leave the hotel and what are they told there?
8. What do Sookie and a few co-workers think about Lafayette?
9. Where is Sookie working and what happens when Andy comes there? What does Sookie do about Andy?
10. What is suggested as a possible reason behind Farrell's kidnapping and what does Stan wonder about the person who accosted her at the airport?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze one major theme of Living Dead in Dallas. Consider the following: How does one character's actions portray the theme you are analyzing? How does the setting contribute to that theme? Is the theme one that you would call a "universal theme"? If so, what other book or novel that you have read also includes this theme. If not, why don't you think it is a "universal" theme?
2. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Living Dead in Dallas. How does one character's actions portray the themes you are analyzing? How does the setting contribute to those themes? Is each theme one that you would call a "universal theme"? If so, what other book or novel that you have read also includes this theme. If not, why don't you think it is a "universal" theme?
3. What benefit is there in discussing and analyzing the themes of a work of fiction? Do you think most authors consciously develop themes in their works? Why or why not? Can there be accidental themes? What do you think is one possible "accidental" theme in Living Dead in Dallas? Which theme in Living Dead in Dallas speaks to you the most in your life? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Living Dead in Dallas is one book in a series of books about Sookie Stackhouse.
1. What are two advantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Illustrate your statements with details from the text.
2. What is a disadvantage of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Illustrate your statements with details from the text.
3. Do you prefer to read a standalone book, or a series of books with the same main characters? Explain your response.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?
2. Analyze and discuss Living Dead in Dallas based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Living Dead in Dallas is a successful novel.
3. Do you think the fact that Living Dead in Dallas is a novel in a series changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? Explain.
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