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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 bids against Burton in the auction?

2. Who brings the news that Ned has died?

3. What causes the Missouri sheriff to want to double-check the identity of the person being buried?

4. Where does Shady pretend to be hiding liquor?

5. What do Abilene, Lettie, and Ruthanne plan to use to identify the person who wrote the note they believe is from the Rattler?

Short Essay Questions

1. What objection does Abilene make to Miss Sadie's story?

2. What are the obstacles to the townspeople buying the property that Devlin wants?

3. Why do the people in the town think there might be a traitor amongst them?

4. How do Jinx and Shady sell their miracle elixir?

5. How does Abilene know how to understand a telegram?

6. What does Ned hope the people in the town are doing, in his letter home?

7. In "The Shadow of Death," what does Abilene realize about her compass?

8. On July 15, 1918, what does Abilene go to the cemetery to look for?

9. Where in the classroom do the girls find Stucky's writing?

10. What role does Abilene take on at the end of the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss power in "Moon Over Manifest".

1) How does Devlin have power over others in the novel? How does he use his power?

2) How do the townspeople hope to gain power over their lives and working conditions? Why do they have to work together to gain power?

3) Who else in the novel holds power over others? How do adults hold power over children? How does the law exercise power?

Essay Topic 2

The novel uses several points of view to tell the story. Discuss the following:

1) Why is the main part of the narrative told in first person from Abilene's point of view?

2) What point of view do the letters and news clippings add to the novel? Why does the author use these?

3) What is the point of view of the stories that Miss Sadie tells? Why does the author use this point of view?

4) How do the different points of view in "Moon Over Manifest" work together?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss proving yourself to others in the novel.

1) Why does Ned go off to war? Why does he need to prove himself?

2) How do the characters in the town prove themselves to others, so that the town can cooperate?

3) How does Jinx prove himself to others in the town? How does he see himself, compared to how others see him?

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