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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 Bill refuse to do?

2. With whom has Bill been seen around town?

3. Who is waiting at Sookie's home?

4. Where do Sookie and Luna go?

5. With what is Hugo obsessed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Sookie sit with at a local high school football game?

2. Who invites Sookie to the sex club and who does she invite to go with her?

3. What does Godfrey tell Sookie and what does she say to him about the ceremony the next day?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Sookie find out when she gets back to the hotel from the church?

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

10. How are Hugo and Isabel punished?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Most protagonists are a mixture of admirable traits and character flaws, and Sookie Stackhouse is no exception. Discuss the following:

1. Trace and analyze situations when Sookie demonstrates her special abilities. Give specific examples to illustrate your analysis.

2. Trace and analyze Sookie's character flaws offering specific examples of these flaws in your discussion.

3. Discuss how you think Sookie's admirable traits makes her popular and able to help with many problems of her friends. Have her flaws impacted her life? Do any of her friends notice these flaws? Who? How does the reader know this?

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

There are several non-human sentient beings in Living Dead in Dallas, in addition to non-human entities that are not fully sentient. Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly discuss the maenad . Who is she? What are her powers? What is her purpose? Is she "good" or "evil"? What does she look like physically? What role does she play in forwarding the plot? Is she believable? Why or why not?

2. Thoroughly discuss Eric. Who is he? What are his powers? What is his purpose? Is he "good" or "evil"? What does he look like physically? What role does he play in forwarding the plot? Is he believable? Why or why not?

3. Thoroughly discuss Sookie. Who is she? What are her powers? What is her purpose? Is she "good" or "evil"? What does she look like physically? What role does she play in forwarding the plot? Is she believable? Why or why not.

4. Do you think sentient, non-human beings adds to the enjoyment of Living Dead in Dallas? Explain your answer.

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