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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. Who is firing upon the house?

2. Who does Bill bring to the football game?

3. Why does Godfrey shove Sookie into an empty office?

4. What happens to Sookie's face?

5. How does Sookie feel about JB as a lover?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Eric talk Sookie into and what does she see Bill doing? How does she react to Bill's behavior?

3. Where do Sookie and Bill go the night of Godfrey's suicide?

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

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

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

7. What does Sookie find out about Bill and Portia and how does she feel about it?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of manipulation and power in Living Dead in Dallas. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with manipulation and power? Why? What are some symbols of manipulation and power? Symbols of powerlessness? What characters seem powerless?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of sacrifice in Living Dead in Dallas. Which characters are willing to sacrifice for the greater good? Why? Which characters seem self centered? Why? Why do you think Godfrey sacrifices himself?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of death. How does the world of Living Dead in Dallas seem to view death? Who tries to avoid killing? Who seems to kill for frivolous reasons? Who seems to enjoy killing? Who seems afraid of dying? Not afraid? Who meets death gracefully? In resignation? With joy? With fear?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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