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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. When Abilene visits Miss Sadie on June 13, 1936, what does she ask Miss Sadie about?

2. How much money does Ned have?

3. Where is the notice "Perdition"?

4. What does Abilene ask about as she works?

5. How much money do Jinx and Ned make in their business venture?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What note do Abilene and her friends find?

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

6. What makes Abilene think that Sister Redempta has been to see Miss Sadie?

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

8. How are the miners paid?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss power in "Moon Over Manifest".

1) How does Devlin have power over others in the novel? How does he use his power?

2) How do the townspeople hope to gain power over their lives and working conditions? Why do they have to work together to gain power?

3) Who else in the novel holds power over others? How do adults hold power over children? How does the law exercise power?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The novel uses several points of view to tell the story. Discuss the following:

1) Why is the main part of the narrative told in first person from Abilene's point of view?

2) What point of view do the letters and news clippings add to the novel? Why does the author use these?

3) What is the point of view of the stories that Miss Sadie tells? Why does the author use this point of view?

4) How do the different points of view in "Moon Over Manifest" work together?

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