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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. Does the boy accept Jinx's trade?

2. How does Abilene hope to avoid going to Miss Sadie's again?

3. How does Jinx get a Manchurian Fire Thrower?

4. What is Jinx doing when the boy returns?

5. What does Shady pick up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What do Abilene and her friends find in the woods?

5. What does Ned do for a living?

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

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

8. What does Abilene think of Miss Sadie's yard?

9. What do Jinx and the boy he made the trade with see while they are hiding in the bushes?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss work in the novel.

1) What creates the desire to work in the novel? What do the characters want to work on, such as Hattie Mae's column or Jinx's fireworks?

2) What is the meaning of work in the novel? How does work give satisfaction as well as money? Does work such as Abilene's work in Miss Sadie's garden have meaning beyond the payment for the work?

3) How does work in the mines compare to other kinds of work characters do in the novel? What significance do the bad working conditions for the miners have?

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 the structure of the novel, which is non-linear, divided between two timelines.

1) How does the writer use letters and articles as part of the structure of the novel? How does the author use Miss Sadie's stories?

2) Why is the story told non-linearly, moving between a past and present timeline? How does this affect the story?

3) What other structural elements and transitions does the writer use and why?

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