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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. How long will Hugo and the other person remained chained?

2. How does Sookie contact the bellboy at the hotel?

3. With what is Hugo obsessed?

4. How much time passes since the party?

5. Where do Sookie and Bill go after seeing Hugo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sookie do after she sees Hugo and Isabel's punishment?

2. How does Sookie and the others feel about Hugo and Isabel's punishment?

3. What does Sookie find when she arrives home?

4. What does Sookie do in the morning after she escapes from the church?

5. What behavior of Bill's suggests he can read Sookie's mind?

6. How does Sookie survive the attack on the mansion and how do the other party goers fare?

7. How is Sookie and Bill's relationship for several weeks after being in Dallas?

8. What happens to Sookie when she is almost out of the church?

9. How are Hugo and Isabel punished?

10. What does Bill tell Sookie about he and Portia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Sookie Stackhouse is in some ways a larger-than-life heroine. Despite incredible odds, she usually comes out on top, in Living Dead in Dallas and in the others in the series. Discuss the following:

1. Does being a larger-than-life heroine or one with special abilities make that person less of a heroine? In other words, which is more admirable--a heroine who ultimately always "lands on her feet," or one who strives against impossible odds and doesn't always succeed?

2. Does a character have to be successful in order to be a hero? Explain your answer.

3. Choose one other character besides Sookie who you might call a hero/heroine and explain why you choose that person. Illustrate your statements with examples from the text.

4. Does every work of fiction have to have a hero? Explain your answer.

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