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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sani tell Moth his people think about ghosts?
(a) They can discourage you from eating.
(b) They can help you through your troubles.
(c) They can cling tightly to you.
(d) They can make you want to die.

2. What does Sani say the white feather smells like in Part III?
(a) Witch hazel.
(b) Ginger root.
(c) Mountain smoke.
(d) Moth.

3. What is the capital of the Navajo Nation?
(a) Rindino.
(b) Window Rock.
(c) Hellion.
(d) Bear's Ears.

4. What does Sani teach Moth to do when they make stops on their road trip?
(a) Knit.
(b) Write poetry.
(c) Play guitar.
(d) Cook.

5. What peppers the windshield on the way to Sani's father's house?
(a) Ladybugs.
(b) Moths.
(c) Birds.
(d) Dirt.

6. What does Moth compare her own scar to?
(a) A twizzler.
(b) The tip of a whip.
(c) A soul.
(d) A bird foot.

7. What does Sani teach Moth how to make at his father's house?
(a) Tea.
(b) Pasta.
(c) Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
(d) Biscuits.

8. How does Moth tell Sani he tells stories?
(a) As if he does not really know how the story will end.
(b) In pieces.
(c) Like he was born to do it.
(d) The same way she thinks he would dance - sure, full, and alive.

9. Why does Moth tell Sani she wants him to stay awake?
(a) She wants him to hear his phone if it rings.
(b) She does not want him to have bad dreams.
(c) She does not like closing her eyes herself.
(d) She wants him to sing with her.

10. What does Moth think kissing Sani feels like?
(a) Reading a great book.
(b) A song.
(c) Lollipops.
(d) Home.

11. What does Sani tell Moth he can use to smooth out the creases in her soul?
(a) Music.
(b) Jokes.
(c) Prayer.
(d) An iron.

12. What does Sani whisper to Moth in Part II that matches, somehow, between them?
(a) Their thumprints.
(b) Their earrings.
(c) Their hair.
(d) Their breath.

13. What road does Moth say she and Sani follow up into the sky in North Carolina?
(a) Rich Cove Road.
(b) Winkington Road.
(c) Hellion Road.
(d) Farmer's Road.

14. What does Moth tell Sani is in her own metaphorical closet?
(a) Bodies and dirt and metal.
(b) Candy.
(c) Dance shoes.
(d) Music.

15. What happens to the Third World in Sani's creation story?
(a) The Holy People set terrible storms on it.
(b) The Holy People set fire to it.
(c) Nothing - it is a perfect world.
(d) A Water Monster floods it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Moth and Sani stop that reminds Moth powerfully of her mother?

2. What does Sani say Moth is like in Part IV?

3. What does the Hoodoo man build a miniature model of in Moth's story?

4. Where does Sani tell Moth his father brought him when he was young in Part III?

5. What was like a fire hearth, according to Sani?

(see the answer keys)

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