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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. When does Sookie wake up the day after the meeting at Stan's?

2. What does Sookie do when she wakes up?

3. What does Sookie find under the table in Stan's room?

4. Where is Sookie going after she leaves work in Chapter 2?

5. What does Sookie tell her boss the next day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sookie hear on the news while she waits for a car at the hotel? What does she think about the news?

2. What does Sookie's boss do when he learns of Sookie's injuries and what does he ask him to do?

3. What does Steve want Sookie to do at the church and where does Sarah take her?

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

5. What does Sookie learn about Lafayette's death?

6. Who does Sookie meet when the car is broken down and what does this person do?

7. What has happened recently in the world concerning vampires?

8. Who does Sookie encounter inside the Fellowship Church?

9. Who do Bill and Sookie think might have kidnapped Farrell?

10. Who comes to Sookie's work, what do they do, and what does she recall?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think Living Dead in Dallas is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Living Dead in Dallas.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Living Dead in Dallas. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Living Dead in Dallas. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

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