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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 playwright did Moth's parents love?

2. Where does Moth put a post about her party?

3. What is the first item on Aunt Jack's list of rules?

4. Who lives in the First World of Sani's stories?

5. What does Aunt Jack scream at as she leans on the fireplace before she leaves for the summer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Moth think Aunt Jack does not tell Moth she is leaving for the summer?

3. Why does Moth think she might not hate this coming summer as much as she has hated the past two?

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

5. What part of the moth's life cycle does Moth say is a miracle, and why?

6. 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?

7. Why does Sani smash his guitar at Moth's house in Part II?

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

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

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

Why are Moth and Sani attracted to each other from the first time they meet, and how does McBride describe this attraction? 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

This novel features a road trip, a fairly well-trodden plot device. How does McBride both follow and depart from some of the more traditional uses of the road trip in other books you've read with similar themes centering around extended journeys? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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