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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. Why does Moth admit to herself she is really having the party?
2. Who is Mother's brother?
3. Who does Moth imagine keeps trying to get her from under the ground?
4. How can Moth tell the ancestors have taken the offering of food?
5. What does Moth think Sani sometimes smells like?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Moth think Aunt Jack does not tell Moth she is leaving for the summer?
2. What are the most important items on Aunt Jack's list of rules?
3. What does Moth do every morning as an offering for the ancestors?
4. Why does Moth want to throw a massive party after Aunt Jack leaves?
5. What were moths originally attracted to before lightbulbs or flames, according to Moth?
6. What does Moth imagine would happen if she went to therapy?
7. What is impossible for even the greatest rootworkers to do, according to Moth?
8. What do Sani and Moth begin working on together in Part II after no one shows up at Moth's party?
9. How has the car accident Moth survived changed how she thinks about summer?
10. What happened to Moth two summers before the start of the novel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Why does Sani abandon Moth toward the end of their road trip, just before they reach his father's house? How does Moth find her way back to forgiving Sani for this betrayal? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think McBride chose to write this novel in verse? How does the style of the novel influence the reader's experience of understanding the characters and plot? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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