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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 whom has Bill been seen around town?

2. Where are the things of which Sookie becomes aware?

3. What does Portia hope to prove?

4. Who do Eric and Bill rescue?

5. Of what does Sookie suddenly become aware?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Hugo tell Sookie about his involvement in this whole affair?

4. Why does Sookie contact Bill and how does she do it?

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

6. What does JB look like and what does Sookie do when she sees Bill at the game with Portia?

7. What does Gabe do after Hugo and Sookie are in the basement?

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

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

10. How does Sookie and the others feel about Hugo and Isabel's punishment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think Living Dead in Dallas is? Explain your response.

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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