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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. The chapter entitled “Promise” is set on what date?

2. Whose words is Lena reciting when she says “not with a bang but a whimper” in “Sweet Sixteen”?

3. Lena learns in “Family Reunion” that if she chooses to be a Dark Caster at her Claiming, what will happen?

4. Ethan gives up what sport in order to be with Lena and to avoid squabbles with his teammates in “White Christmas”?

5. The narrator says in “Silver Lining” that the last thing Ethan remembers, he was holding what object?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ridley’s response when Ethan asks her why she’s doing what she’s doing in “Lollipop Girl”?

2. What does Lena discover about the choice she has to make in her Claiming in “Family Reunion”?

3. What conversation takes place between Amma and Macon Ravenwood in “The Sandman or Something Like Him”?

4. How is the atmosphere of the school described in the beginning of “White Christmas”?

5. In what ways is the setting of the party significant to the main characters in “Sweet Sixteen”?

6. What final jabs does Macon make on the townspeople at the hearing in “When the Saints Go Marching In”?

7. What assertions does Macon make in response to the previous testimony at the hearing in “When the Saints Go Marching In”?

8. What discovery does Ethan make of his father’s work in “White Christmas”? How does Ethan respond?

9. What isolated conversation takes place between Lena and Amma in “Just Your Average American Holiday”?

10. How is the birthday party described in “Sweet Sixteen”? Who performs at the party?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the character of Ridley Duchannes in the novel. How old is Ridley? How is she related to Lena? What appears to be Ridley’s relationship with her family? What are Ridley’s actions, objectives, and obstacles in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the relationship that Gatlin has with history, and specifically the history surrounding the Civil War. What battles are said to have taken place in or around Gatlin? How do the authors address the aspects of slavery involved in the Civil War? Were Lena and/or Ethan’s families slave owners?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the setting of Greenbrier in the novel. Where is this plantation in relation to Wate’s Landing and Ravenwood Manor? What is the history of Greenbrier? Who is buried on the Greenbrier grounds?

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