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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 long was the man sentenced to Parchman who killed Given?
2. For how many months was Pop able to help Richie with his work?
3. When Kinnie Wagner escaped after Richie was whipped, how many times in total had he escaped?
4. What does Al get Misty to drink when she, Leonie, and the children arrive at Al's house?
5. After the dogs would not track Kinnie, who went out with Pop the next day?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who helped Richie get away from the place where he woke?
2. Where does Misty have Leonie stop on the trip to the jail and why?
3. Where does Richie remember that he woke?
4. Why does Leonie look for plants during the trip to the jail?
5. How and why did Pop help Richie when he first came to Parchman?
6. What does Leonie get Jojo for his birthday?
7. What does Jojo remember about a betta fish Leonie bought him?
8. How did Leonie get her job at the Cold Drink?
9. Why did Michael start selling drugs?
10. What does Jojo discover in his sack of overnight things during his trip to the jail?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in Sing, Unburied, Sing? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? How do the allusions Ward uses help readers’ understanding of characters or concepts?
Essay Topic 2
Leonie is a 30-year-old woman who has two children. Analyze Leonie’s character and how Ward reveals her character traits.
Essay Topic 3
Dialogue tags help identify who is speaking in a written conversation. What would happen if dialogue tags were never used to identify who is speaking in a written conversation? What common dialogue tags frequently identify speakers in a written conversation in Sing, Unburied, Sing? What descriptive dialogue tags has the author used, especially during action scenes? How do those dialogue tags help readers imagine scenes? How do they add another layer of description?
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