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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. After Abilene becomes frightened, who does she run into?

2. How does Abilene hope to avoid going to Miss Sadie's again?

3. What has happened to Billy Claton's mother?

4. How does Abilene react to the interruption?

5. Who is telling passersby about the victory quilt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Abilene doing before her friends come by to ask her to come hunting?

2. What does Shady's Place look like?

3. What does Ned do for a living?

4. What does Abilene think of the story Miss Sadie told her as her fortune?

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

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

7. How are the miners paid?

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

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

10. Why do Lance Devlin and Ned fight?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Abilene is the central character and narrator of "Moon Over Manifest". Discuss Abilene's character.

1) Why does Abilene believe her father will come for her? What is her relationship with her father like?

2) Why does Abilene want to uncover the past? What motivates her?

3) How is Abilene similar to her father, and how is she different from him?

Essay Topic 2

Jinx uses trickery and deception to help himself and the town. Discuss trickery and deception in the novel.

1) How do characters like Devlin, Jinx, and Abilene use trickery and deception for their own means? What makes some uses of trickery positive in the novel, while other uses are negative?

2) How does the town use trickery and deception? Why are these means necessary to counter Devlin? Are these means justified?

3) What is the author's perspective on trickery and deception?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss guilt in the novel.

1) Where does Jinx's sense of guilt come from? How does it affect him and those around him?

2) What characters feel guilty for the wrongs they do? How do they compare to characters who have no sense of guilt?

3) Is guilt a positive or negative force in the novel?

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