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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Moth whisper to Sani in Part II when he is very upset?
(a) A poem she wrote for him.
(b) Her dance music.
(c) Part of her Summer Song.
(d) A prayer.

2. What does Sani's little sister give him to make him feel better?
(a) A piece of cake.
(b) A CD.
(c) A teddy bear.
(d) A ball.

3. What does Sani tell Moth he has given up in a text in Part II?
(a) Music.
(b) Smoking.
(c) School.
(d) Fighting.

4. Who used to run with Moth every Sunday and Thursday?
(a) Her father.
(b) Sani.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her mother.

5. What does Moth do before leaving Aunt Jack's house?
(a) Pray.
(b) Ask someone to mow the lawn.
(c) Cut the trees down.
(d) Empty the fridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Moth admit to herself she is really having the party?

2. What does Moth do very rarely even though Sani tries to coax her to do it more?

3. Who sometimes physically abuses Sani?

4. What does Moth never use in school that she is supposed to share?

5. Who is one of the first people to directly speak to Moth in years?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Moth witness happening behind Sani's front window when she stops by his house?

2. Why is Sani mad at his mother in Part II?

3. What does Moth imagine would happen if she went to therapy?

4. What were moths originally attracted to before lightbulbs or flames, according to Moth?

5. What does Moth mean when she says she is living "a secondhand life" (5)?

6. Why does Sani smash his guitar at Moth's house in Part II?

7. In Part II, what is Moth's dominant emotion as school ends and the summer just begins after Aunt Jack leaves?

8. Why does Moth think she might not hate this coming summer as much as she has hated the past two?

9. Why does Moth say deadness does not bother her?

10. What does Moth do every morning as an offering for the ancestors?

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