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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 Portia?
2. What is JB's most outstanding characteristic?
3. Where are Hugo and Sookie locked?
4. With whom do Bill and Sookie speak about Hugo?
5. Who is waiting for Sookie at the hotel?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does JB look like and what does Sookie do when she sees Bill at the game with Portia?
2. What does Sookie hear outside the mansion at the celebration party and what does she do?
3. Where do Sookie and Bill go the night of Godfrey's suicide?
4. What does Sookie find when she arrives home?
5. How does Sookie and the others feel about Hugo and Isabel's punishment?
6. What behavior of Bill's suggests he can read Sookie's mind?
7. What does Sookie do in the morning after she escapes from the church?
8. What does Godfrey tell Sookie and what does she say to him about the ceremony the next day?
9. What does Gabe do after Hugo and Sookie are in the basement?
10. What does Bill tell Sookie about he and Portia?
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
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 3
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?
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