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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 Sani's father urgently encourage Sani to take at his house?

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

3. What does Moth use during her morning ritual every day, even on her road trip with Sani?

4. What did some people do with photos of the burning bodies of Black people in the Old South, according to Moth's grandfather?

5. What does Sani tell Moth in Part III will hurt him when it eventually happens with her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Sani appear to take his pills for?

4. What does Moth tell Sani the Night of her story in Part III wants?

5. Why does Sani tell Moth that the Holy Ones planned the constellations?

6. What makes Sani and Moth laugh hard in the Time Travel Motel?

7. How does Sani feel at the reservation?

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

9. What does Moth wonder about Sani in terms of the kind of (metaphorical) light he emits?

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

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.

Essay Topic 2

How does McBride communicate the importance of dance to Moth's character and sense of self? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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