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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 does Portia do with Andy?
2. What does Sookie do as she and Hugo are driving?
3. How does Sookie disguise herself?
4. What is Lafayette's and Sookie's relationship?
5. What is walking with the creature from question #22?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Steve want Sookie to do at the church and where does Sarah take her?
2. Who comes to Sookie's work, what do they do, and what does she recall?
3. What does Sookie do for a living and what special ability does she have?
4. Who does Sookie encounter inside the Fellowship Church?
5. What does Sookie do when she wakes from her injuries and what is she told?
6. Where do Sookie and Bill go when they leave the hotel and what are they told there?
7. What does Sookie see in Bethany's mind?
8. To what hotel do Sookie and Bill go and what does Sookie realize about the bellboy?
9. What does Sookie suggest about a leak in information and how does she deal with it?
10. Why is Sookie waiting at the airport in Dallas and at what Airlines is she waiting?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the following:
1. Compare/contrast Sookie's world to that of "real" life. What are the advantages to each world? The disadvantages?
2. In which world would you rather live in if you possess no supernatural abilities? Explain your response.
3. If you had Sookie's abilities how would you use them? Use examples from Living Dead in Dallas and your own life to illustrate your answer.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of manipulation and power in Living Dead in Dallas. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with manipulation and power? Why? What are some symbols of manipulation and power? Symbols of powerlessness? What characters seem powerless?
2. Trace and analyze the theme of sacrifice in Living Dead in Dallas. Which characters are willing to sacrifice for the greater good? Why? Which characters seem self centered? Why? Why do you think Godfrey sacrifices himself?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of death. How does the world of Living Dead in Dallas seem to view death? Who tries to avoid killing? Who seems to kill for frivolous reasons? Who seems to enjoy killing? Who seems afraid of dying? Not afraid? Who meets death gracefully? In resignation? With joy? With fear?
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