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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 Sheriff Dean lie to the Missouri sheriff?

2. What do medical personnel encourage as a response to the disease?

3. What does Ned ask Jinx to do in his letter?

4. Who was the traitor who told Burton and Devlin about the miracle elixir?

5. How long is Miss Sadie out of the country before she can return to try to reunite with her son?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Abilene know how to understand a telegram?

2. Why do Abilene and her friends decide to organize another Annual Homecoming Celebration?

3. How does Devlin ask Mrs. Larkin to dinner?

4. What role does Abilene take on at the end of the novel?

5. Why is Miss Sadie's son not allowed to return to her country with her?

6. What does Jinx do when he sees the two sheriffs who are in town?

7. How do Jinx and Shady sell their miracle elixir?

8. What does Miss Sadie tell Abilene about the Widow Cane property?

9. What does Hattie Mae convey to Abilene about Gideon?

10. What does Ned hope the people in the town are doing, in his letter home?

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 the unknown, fear, and mistrust in the novel.

1) How does fear of the unknown affect the townspeople's views of others from different cultures? How does it affect the townspeople's view of Miss Sadie in both time periods?

2) What causes mistrust in the town? Who does mistrust hurt and benefit?

3) How does Abilene view the unknown? How is her attitude different from others in the town?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss storytelling in the novel.

1) How does storytelling, through Miss Sadie's stories, the "Remember When" entries, or other storytelling, help the characters maintain a relationship with the past?

2) How does storytelling affect or change the memory of the past? How does storytelling selectively change what is remembered and how?

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