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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 do the interrupters want?

2. What ride does Ned want to go on with Pearl Ann?

3. What do Lettie and Ruthanne do, when the three girls are at Miss Sadie's gate?

4. What do Shady and Jinx use to make the extra liquor?

5. When Abilene delivers to Miss Sadie the items she wanted from the woods, what container does Abilene use?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Abilene's father choose Manifest as the place he sends her?

2. What does Abilene make of the engraving on the item of her father's that she carries?

3. What is the plan to make money from the Victory Quilt?

4. Where does Ned go after leaving the town?

5. What is the profession of the person Abilene is going to stay with in Manifest?

6. When does Abilene discover that she has lost an item?

7. Why does Miss Sadie want Abilene to work around her house?

8. On June 13, 1936, what does Abilene think about while she works?

9. What does Mr. Underhill do at the cemetery?

10. What does Abilene think of the story Miss Sadie told her as her fortune?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss proving yourself to others in the novel.

1) Why does Ned go off to war? Why does he need to prove himself?

2) How do the characters in the town prove themselves to others, so that the town can cooperate?

3) How does Jinx prove himself to others in the town? How does he see himself, compared to how others see him?

Essay Topic 2

Objects and mementos play an important role in uncovering and understanding the past. Discuss importance of objects in revealing the past in the novel.

1) Why do characters keep objects from the past? How do objects connect the characters to the past?

2) How do objects serve as clues for Abilene to recover the past and understand it?

3) What are the limitations of objects in revealing and remembering the past?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the law and its role in the novel.

1) How does the law affect the people in the town of Manifest? Do the laws do the job they are supposed to for the society?

2) How does the sheriff in Manifest represent the law? Does he do the job he is supposed to do for the society?

3) How does the sheriff who comes looking for Jinx and his uncle represent the law? Does he do the job he is supposed to do for the society?

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