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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is ginger root supposed to be for?

2. What does Sani tell Moth he thinks of her name?

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

4. What color is Moth's hair?

5. Where does Moth go after she gets back from looking through Sani's windows in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the response to Moth's big party invitation?

3. 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?

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

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

6. How has the car accident Moth survived changed how she thinks about summer?

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's grandfather say she dances so well?

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

10. What is impossible for even the greatest rootworkers to do, according to Moth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does McBride explain Moth's feeling of being an outsider, and of isolation, in Virginia? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What is the meaning of the sites of the historic atrocities - mainly carried out against people of color - that McBride has Sani and Moth visit on their road trip? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What specific plot points does McBride use to help advance the development of Moth's and Sani's bond and understanding of each other? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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