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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. Why does Moth feel compelled to let go of Sani's hand in Part III?
(a) It makes her heart beat too fast to hold it.
(b) She needs to dance.
(c) She is sweaty.
(d) She feels faint.

2. What does Moth say she is when Sani asks her in Part IV?
(a) A traveler.
(b) A Medicine Woman.
(c) The smoke and the fire.
(d) A Phoenix.

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

4. Who does Moth see a sketch of in Sani's room?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Herself.

5. Why does Sani say his parents split up?
(a) His mother had an affair.
(b) His mother wanted to finish her degree.
(c) His father wanted to be an actor.
(d) His father was too focused on his work as a Medicine Man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Dine call the First World in Sani's story?

2. What peppers the windshield on the way to Sani's father's house?

3. What color is the Second World in Sani's creation story?

4. What do the Holy People do to the Second World in Sani's creation story?

5. What is the first sense of home Moth realizes she has felt in almost two years?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sani appear to take his pills for?

2. What does Moth wonder about Sani in terms of the kind of (metaphorical) light he emits?

3. Why do the people in Sani's creation story move from world to world?

4. What is one major thing Moth's grandfather taught her about the South?

5. How does Sani feel at the reservation?

6. What is special about the Fourth World in Sani's story?

7. What type of moth does Moth say knows it is the prettiest and is huge in size? What is ironic about this moth?

8. What does Sani tell Moth he will do for this one summer with her?

9. What does Sani think Moth will definitely do in Part III, a prophecy she denies?

10. What makes Sani and Moth laugh hard in the Time Travel Motel?

(see the answer keys)

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