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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. Where do Sookie and Bill go after seeing Hugo?

3. Where do Sookie and Luna go?

4. Who is Portia?

5. How does Sarah delay Sookie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Sookie hear outside the mansion at the celebration party and what does she do?

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

9. What does Sarah do with Sookie and Hugo?

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 belongs to the fantasy genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to fantasy.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre.

3. Discuss two reasons why it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

4. Discuss what your favorite genre is; give several examples and explain what you enjoy about books in that genre.

Essay Topic 2

Characters are an important part of what makes Living Dead in Dallas interesting. Discuss the following "good" characters:

1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Bill. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Godfrey. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Sookie. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

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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