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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Holy People do to the First World in Sani's story?
(a) Flood it.
(b) Set fire to the darkness.
(c) Steal it.
(d) Eat it.

2. What does Moth use during her morning ritual every day, even on her road trip with Sani?
(a) Her toe shoes.
(b) Her journal.
(c) Her radio.
(d) The box of roots from her grandfather.

3. What do the Holy People do to the Second World in Sani's creation story?
(a) Flood it.
(b) Set winds blowing everything on it.
(c) Eat it.
(d) Ravage it with fire.

4. Which world do the First Man and First Woman end up settling on in Sani's creation story?
(a) The First World.
(b) The Eighth World.
(c) The Tenth World.
(d) The Fourth World.

5. Where does Sani first tell Moth his creation story?
(a) The first campsite.
(b) The mountain trail.
(c) The lake.
(d) Motel #1.

6. 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.

7. What does Sani tell Moth will never leave him, even when she does?
(a) Her poetry.
(b) Her smell.
(c) Her dancing.
(d) Her voice.

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

9. What does Moth think temptation is?
(a) A necessity.
(b) A prayer.
(c) A hoax.
(d) A sin Jesus forgot to write down.

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

11. What was like a fire hearth, according to Sani?
(a) The North Star.
(b) The Moon.
(c) Venus.
(d) The Sun.

12. What does Sani tell Moth in Part III will hurt him when it eventually happens with her?
(a) When Moth finds her grandfather again.
(b) When Moth leaves him.
(c) When Moth realizes Aunt Jack is dead.
(d) When Moth goes to Julliard and he does not.

13. How many days is one day on Venus equal to on Earth, according to Moth?
(a) 243.
(b) 904.
(c) 62.
(d) 8.

14. Where does Moth see another tattoo of Five Finger grass on Sani's body?
(a) His back.
(b) His arm.
(c) His leg.
(d) His foot.

15. What does Sani say he is when Moth asks him in Part IV?
(a) A cat.
(b) A broken voice.
(c) A traveler.
(d) A bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Moth see a sketch of in Sani's room?

2. What is the only place in the U.S. where four state lines meet?

3. What does Sani whisper to Moth in Part II that matches, somehow, between them?

4. What does Sani tell Moth his people think about ghosts?

5. Where does Sani say Moth looks like she blends in?

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