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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. With what is Hugo obsessed?
2. To where is Sookie invited?
3. Who keeps Sarah from kidnapping Sookie?
4. Where are the things of which Sookie becomes aware?
5. Who invites Sookie to the affair in question #152?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Gabe do after Hugo and Sookie are in the basement?
2. How does Sookie and the others feel about Hugo and Isabel's punishment?
3. What does Sarah do with Sookie and Hugo?
4. What does Sookie find out when she gets back to the hotel from the church?
5. Why does Sookie contact Bill and how does she do it?
6. What does Hugo tell Sookie about his involvement in this whole affair?
7. What behavior of Bill's suggests he can read Sookie's mind?
8. Where do Sookie and Bill go the night of Godfrey's suicide?
9. How does Sookie get away from the church and what does Sarah do about it?
10. What does Sookie hear outside the mansion at the celebration party and what does she do?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
As in many fantasy novels, magic is an inherent part of a few of the characters and can be wielded by other characters, though not as an inherent aspect of their nature. Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the use of magic in Living Dead in Dallas. Who possesses magic as an inherent aspect of their nature? Who can wield magic through the use of a tool? What is the difference between the two types of magical usage? Is one more powerful than the other?
2. Why do you think magic exists in so many fantasy novels? Do you think a novel can be "fantasy" have there be no magic as a part of the storyline? Why or why not.
3. Which type of magic would you rather possess--that of Sookie's or the magic of Sam Merlotte? Explain your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Sookie Stackhouse has strong telepathic abilities that enable her to hear the thoughts of other humans. Discuss the following:
1. Why do you think Sookie prefers to have a vampire for a boyfriend because she cannot hear the thoughts of vampires? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
2. If you had Sookie's abilities describe at least three types of work you would do with that ability.
3. If you had a choice to have Sookie's ability or not have it which would you chose? Why? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
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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