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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 does the group decide Sookie will do the next day?

3. What does Sookie see as she waits for a car to pick her up?

4. What does Sookie feel after the event in question #25?

5. What does Sookie wonder about the murder in question #74?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sookie suggest about a leak in information and how does she deal with it?

2. What do Bill and Sookie decide Sookie will do the next day after meeting with Stan?

3. What do Sookie and a few co-workers think about Lafayette?

4. To what hotel do Sookie and Bill go and what does Sookie realize about the bellboy?

5. Where do Sookie and Bill go when they leave the hotel and what are they told there?

6. Why does Portia come to the bar to see Sookie and why does Sookie agree with Portia?

7. What has Bill purchased recently and what does he tell Sookie about it? How does he feel about his suggestion?

8. What does Sookie find when she comes to work the day after her encounter with Andy?

9. What does Sookie do for a living and what special ability does she have?

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

Many novels, and perhaps a majority, of novels ends on a happy note. Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why not?

2. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of Living Dead in Dallas and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why Living Dead in Dallas is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.

3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, stimulate thought? Why or why not?

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 is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Living Dead in Dallas, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements (They may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

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