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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 actually helps Miel out of the field of pumpkins?
2. What does Miel fail to do during Ms. Owens's treatment?
3. What is Sam's birth name?
4. What is Miel terrified of?
5. What color is Aracely's kitchen table?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Miel remember about her own mother?
2. How do Miel and Sam originally meet?
3. Why is Sam having trouble finding enough pumpkins to cut?
4. In the section titled Sea of Clouds, what changes in Sam's and Miel's relationship?
5. Why is Ms. Owens's good faith important to Sam?
6. How do the townspeople treat Aracely?
7. What does Ivy show Miel in Part II that is a secret, and how does Miel feel about it?
8. What is the old tradition that Sam tells himself and his mother he is following until he gets older?
9. What does Sam notice between Aracelly and Miel that he cannot shake the thought of in Part II?
10. What shocking revelation does Aracely share with Sam about herself in Part II?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does McLemore use magic, magical realism, and the supernatural to help set the tone of When the Moon Was Ours? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
How does Sam save Miel, both physically and emotionally? How does Miel save Sam? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
How does Miel's and Sam's special and strong bond begin, and how does it change over the course of When the Moon Was Ours? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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