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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. Why does Mrs. Larkin object to Ned?

2. Why doesn't Abilene look at what she found the previous evening before leaving for school?

3. Who do Abilene and her friends think left the note they find?

4. What nationality is the woman who's square for the Victory Quilt is rejected?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the first letter Abilene read talk about?

2. What does Shady's Place look like?

3. Where do Ned and Jinx work on their business?

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

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

6. What does the fireworks man show Ned and Jinx?

7. How did Jinx become separated from his uncle?

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss ambition and capitalism in the novel.

1) How does Devlin's ambition affect others in the town? How does the novel portray Devlin, as a capitalist?

2) How does Jinx's ambition and desire to make money compare to Devlin? How does Jinx's desire to make money affect others? How does the novel portray Jinx? Is he also a capitalist?

3) What are other characters' ambitions? How does the novel portray those ambitions?

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