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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. Where does Abilene find her lost item?

2. What kind of map does Abilene find?

3. What does Miss Sadie wish Mrs. Larkin's life will be as long as?

4. Where does Abilene go with Lettie and Ruthanne, when they come over?

5. What item in Miss Sadie's story seems similar to something Abilene found?

Short Essay Questions

1. What newspaper clipping does Abilene show Lettie and Ruthanne at the end of "Likely Suspects"?

2. What does Abilene find in the hiding place she decides to use for her valuables?

3. What does Shady's Place look like?

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

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

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

7. How are the miners paid?

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

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

10. What do Abilene and her friends think is strange about the way Miss Sadie talks about herself in her stories?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the main themes of the novel is prejudice. Discuss the following:

1) What problems does prejudice cause for the people of the town? What are the causes of the people's prejudice? Who does prejudice help and who does it hurt?

2) How does prejudice affect Ned and Miss Sadie? How does prejudice affect Jinx? How does the town overcome prejudice?

3) How does prejudice affect the town in the 1930s when Abilene arrives?

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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