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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 is ginger root supposed to be for?
(a) Longing.
(b) Adventure and freedom.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Strength.

2. What does Moth think Sani sometimes smells like?
(a) Witch hazel.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Smoke.

3. What is one good memory Moth has of summers before the accident?
(a) Ice cream cones.
(b) Concerts.
(c) Southern sweet tea.
(d) Willows in the breeze.

4. Who asks Sani "what" he is?
(a) Moth.
(b) Henry.
(c) Frederick.
(d) Ashley.

5. What does Moth see Sani's mother give him when she watches through the window that he takes?
(a) A pill.
(b) A drink of alcohol.
(c) A guitar.
(d) A scarf.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which ballerina does Moth look up to?

2. Which of the following does Moth's grandfather include in his finding spell?

3. What happens in the rarest creation myths?

4. Where does Moth live after the accident?

5. What does Moth think her stomach seems to want to be?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is strange about the question Ashley asks Sani when he first comes to Moth's school?

3. What are the most important items on Aunt Jack's list of rules?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What begins to lessen Moth's fixation on the terrible memories of her car accident?

10. What would Moth rather be than being too perfect?

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