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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 is the capital of the Navajo Nation?

2. Where does Moth say she hides the key to Sani's mind?

3. What does Sani's father urgently encourage Sani to take at his house?

4. Where did Moth's grandfather bury the picture, the feather, and the hair?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Sani think Moth will definitely do in Part III, a prophecy she denies?

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

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

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

6. Why does Moth get so upset at the Bluebird Cafe?

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

8. Why does the Water Monster in Sani's Third World rain such sadness?

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

10. What is one major thing Moth's grandfather taught her about the South?

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

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 3

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.

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