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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 old is Maryse in the novel?

2. What color does Nana Jean’s magic turn the bottled Mama’s Water?

3. To which of the following does Maryse compare Butcher Clyde’s head?

4. Who is the U.S. President in the novel?

5. Approximately how large is the city of Macon’s population in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maryse describe as her fighting clothes?

2. Why does Sadie have to sit in the middle when she, Chef, and Maryse go hunting?

3. What ingredients go into Mama’s Water?

4. Why does Nana Jean oppose killing Klan members, as opposed to Ku Kluxers?

5. What is the source of the magic of Maryse’s sword?

6. What purpose do the bottles on Nana Jean’s tree reportedly serve?

7. How does Maryse’s first fight against Butcher Clyde, in dream, go for her?

8. Why does Chef prefer rats to lice?

9. How do Molly’s operatives signal their arrival?

10. To what industry does Maryse ascribe Macon’s existence?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what other writer’s work in your experience does Clark’s seem most similar? What makes the writers similar? What differentiates them? Overall, which do you regard as doing better at the craft of writing, and why?

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does Ring Shout bear as much out?

Essay Topic 3

Overall, what is the most important theme of Ring Shout. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

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