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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. How much liquor does the sheriff demand from Shady by the next day?

2. What does the sheriff come to get from Shady?

3. What does the sheriff do with Jinx's catfish?

4. Who does Abilene learn lives behind the gate that Abilene noticed earlier?

5. Who becomes the first prime suspect to be the "Rattler"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What newspaper clipping does Abilene show Lettie and Ruthanne at the end of "Likely Suspects"?

2. What indication of the KKK's activities do Shady and Jinx see?

3. What do Abilene and her friends find in the woods?

4. What does Abilene make of the engraving on the item of her father's that she carries?

5. On June 13, 1936, what does Abilene think about while she works?

6. What do Abilene and her friends think is strange about the way Miss Sadie talks about herself in her stories?

7. What is the plan to make money from the Victory Quilt?

8. What does Shady's Place look like?

9. What assignment does the teacher give Abilene to complete over the summer?

10. Why do Lance Devlin and Ned fight?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Community and family are important in this story of both a town and of a father and daughter. Discuss community and family found in "Moon Over Manifest".

1) How is community important to the town of Manifest, to its immigrant populations, and to the other townspeople? How do people define their community?

2) How is family important to the characters, and especially to Abilene?

3) What are the positive and negative aspects of family in the novel? How is family hurtful as well as helpful?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the structure of the novel, which is non-linear, divided between two timelines.

1) How does the writer use letters and articles as part of the structure of the novel? How does the author use Miss Sadie's stories?

2) Why is the story told non-linearly, moving between a past and present timeline? How does this affect the story?

3) What other structural elements and transitions does the writer use and why?

Essay Topic 3

All the characters in the novel have secrets. Discuss secrets in "Moon Over Manifest".

1) What motives do characters have for keeping secrets? What significance do secrets have in the novel?

2) What secrets ought to be kept, and what secrets ought to be revealed? What is the distinction?

3) Who uncovers secrets in the novel? Who betrays secrets? Why?

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