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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 a person who likes to be bitten by vampires?

2. Though she had lots of practice not reacting, things became too much for her and Sookie does what?

3. Several fangbangers approach Bill. How does Sookie feel about this?

4. How had Maudette been killed?

5. How does Sookie warn Malcolm about his human companion?

Short Essay Questions

1. About what do Sam and Sookie talk over coffee?

2. About what does Bill speak at the meeting of the Descendants of the Glorious Dead?

3. About what do Gran and Bill talk?

4. Why does Sookie grow more and more annoyed at the bar?

5. What happens when Sookie arrives home?

6. What happens when Eric asks how Bill knew there would be a raid?

7. What does Sam want Sookie to do for him? What does she find?

8. How does Sookie save Eric and Pam during the police raid?

9. What does Andy Bellefleur do when he comes into Merlotte's?

10. What surprising news does Jason give his sister and grandmother the next day? How do the two women react to this news?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sookie Stackhouse is able to read minds.

Part 1) How does this affect her social life? Why does it affect her social life in this way? How does this also affect her self-esteem?

Part 2) How does she use this ability to help herself and others? How do her experiences throughout this book aid in changing her view of herself?

Part 3) How different would the story be if Sookie were not telepathic? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Sookie's Uncle Bartlett sexually abused her.

Part 1) How is this information foreshadowed in the book?

Part 2) How does the giving of this information to Bill affect his relationship with Sookie? What does this reveal about his feelings for Sookie, as well as his mindset as a vampire?

Part 3) Did Uncle Bartlett deserve to be killed? Did Bill have the right to kill him? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Sam is unusual.

Part 1) How is he unusual? How does Sookie sense this? How is this foreshadowed throughout the story?

Part 2) With the discovery of vampires and oddities such as Sam, what might this reveal about the world in which the story takes place?

Part 3) Might surprises such as these exist in our own world? Why or why not?

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