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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 Abilene ask about as she works?

2. What has happened to Billy Claton's mother?

3. How long ago did Shady lose his former church?

4. What is Billy Clayton doing, when Abilene runs across him?

5. What profession does Mr. Delvin's son have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What assignment does the teacher give Abilene to complete over the summer?

2. Why do Lance Devlin and Ned fight?

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

4. What does Jinx offer to trade the boy for his food?

5. What indication of the KKK's activities do Shady and Jinx see?

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

7. How does Abilene answer questions about her parents at school?

8. What does Shady's Place look like?

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

10. How are the miners paid?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Abilene is the central character and narrator of "Moon Over Manifest". Discuss Abilene's character.

1) Why does Abilene believe her father will come for her? What is her relationship with her father like?

2) Why does Abilene want to uncover the past? What motivates her?

3) How is Abilene similar to her father, and how is she different from him?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss guilt in the novel.

1) Where does Jinx's sense of guilt come from? How does it affect him and those around him?

2) What characters feel guilty for the wrongs they do? How do they compare to characters who have no sense of guilt?

3) Is guilt a positive or negative force in the novel?

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