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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 does Moth imagine in the Time Travel Motel that she shares with Sani?

2. What color is the Second World in Sani's creation story?

3. What does Sani tell Moth he can use to smooth out the creases in her soul?

4. What peppers the windshield on the way to Sani's father's house?

5. Where does Moth see another tattoo of Five Finger grass on Sani's body?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sani tell Moth his father and mother separated?

2. What does Moth tell Sani the ancestors gave her in answer to her prayers?

3. What type of moth does Moth say knows it is the prettiest and is huge in size? What is ironic about this moth?

4. How does Moth's and Sani's relationship develop while they are on their roadtrip?

5. What does Moth notice about the way Sani's father greets them in Part IV?

6. Why do the people in Sani's creation story move from world to world?

7. What are both Moth's and Sani's favorite lyric from "Summer Song" in Part IV?

8. What does Moth see in Sani's room at his father's house that startles her terribly?

9. What does Moth's grandfather once tell her about her story?

10. What does kissing Sani fee like to Moth above all other wonderful things?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

How are Moth's grandfather's teachings very relevant to her feelings and experiences in the aftermath of her family's car accident? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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