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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 was Moth's aunt's original name that she changed?
2. What does Moth whisper to Sani in Part II when he is very upset?
3. Where does Moth live after the accident?
4. What does Aunt Jack start doing after the accident?
5. Who lives in the First World of Sani's stories?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Moth do every morning as an offering for the ancestors?
2. What is impossible for even the greatest rootworkers to do, according to Moth?
3. What happened to Moth two summers before the start of the novel?
4. Why does Moth want to throw a massive party after Aunt Jack leaves?
5. 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?
6. What part of the moth's life cycle does Moth say is a miracle, and why?
7. Why does Sani smash his guitar at Moth's house in Part II?
8. What are the most important items on Aunt Jack's list of rules?
9. What does Moth mean when she says she is living "a secondhand life" (5)?
10. What does Moth's grandfather use for the finding spell?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
How does McBride communicate Sani's difficulty in finally letting Moth go at the end of the novel? What is the significance of Sani's song for Moth many years later that he ends up playing at Madison Square Garden? 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 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.
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