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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. What is the name of Sinterklass’s enforcer, as explained on page 320?

2. What is at the tip of the magic wand Letitia wields in Chapter 8?

3. According to Henry on page 289, what is he?

4. Who is the author of the comic book is Hippolyta reading as Chapter 4 begins?

5. What is Hippolyta doing in the novel’s epilogue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two pieces of information does Ruby discover about Caleb at the end of Chapter 5? How does she react?

2. Why does Atticus laugh at the end of Chapter 8?

3. What job does Caleb give Ruby in Chapter 5? What does he offer her in return?

4. Who is David Landsdowne and what information does he give Montrose in Chapter 6?

5. How does Captain Lancaster curse Horace in Chapter 7? What is the result?

6. Who is Ruby? Of what crime was she accused at the start of Chapter 5?

7. What was the expression in Ulysses’s eyes as he died? What was the reason for this expression, according to Montrose in Chapter 6?

8. What is the official cause of Henry Narrow’s death? What suspicious information did David Landsdowne discover, as he tells Montrose in Chapter 6?

9. What objects begin stalking Horace, as explained in Chapter 7?

10. What information does Henry reveal about his father in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Appearances in Lovecraft Country can be deceiving. How do appearances differ from reality in this novel? Discuss three characters, objects, or situations and how this idea applies to each.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing how the author uses characters and behaviors to develop and strengthen the theme of racial oppression.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Caleb’s contradictory characteristics. In what ways is he a good person? In what ways is he a bad one?

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