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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 say your name hangs to your bones like?
(a) Forever suits.
(b) Skin.
(c) Hair.
(d) Sorrow.

2. What does Moth say her grandfather is in Part I?
(a) A priest.
(b) A Medicine Man.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A rootworker.

3. What does Aunt Jack scream at as she leans on the fireplace before she leaves for the summer?
(a) The urns of ashes.
(b) The cat.
(c) The birds.
(d) Moth.

4. What is one thing about Black kids Moth has noticed goes over state lines?
(a) Ideas about their pets.
(b) Stories about their triumphs.
(c) Stereotypes about them.
(d) Police profiling of them.

5. What does Aunt Jack's note on the fridge say?
(a) It tells Moth not to have any parties.
(b) She is so sorry, but she cannot stay. It asks for forgiveness.
(c) It asks Moth to feed the cat.
(d) It is just a grocery list.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the only place Moth ever really felt at home?

2. What is Moth's mother's name?

3. What does Sani tell Moth is not as easy as giving up smoking?

4. What were moths originally attracted to, many centuries ago?

5. What kind of spell does Moth's grandfather work in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Moth want to throw a massive party after Aunt Jack leaves?

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

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

5. Why does Moth's grandfather say she dances so well?

6. What part of the moth's life cycle does Moth say is a miracle, and why?

7. What does Sani do with Moth after she has been sitting outside in the cold for hours the night she wanted to have her party?

8. What happened to Moth two summers before the start of the novel?

9. What can Moth hear her mother saying on her dance recordings from competitions?

10. What does Moth's grandfather use for the finding spell?

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