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

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

3. What is one thing about Black kids Moth has noticed goes over state lines?

4. What did Moth's grandfather teach her about a lot of what people know about moths?

5. Who sometimes physically abuses Sani?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Moth articulate as the significance of names, in general, in Part I?

5. What does Aunt Jack's note on the fridge say when she leaves for the summer?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What connections or relationships do you think McBride seeks to draw between art and pain in this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think McBride chooses to delve into different creation stories during Moth's and Sani's road trip? How do these stories relate to the trip itself, and to what both Moth and Sani are struggling with? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What role does art play - Sani's music, and Moth's dancing - in the instant attraction these two characters feel towards each other? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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