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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. Who talks to Abilene about the embarrassment of foreign names?

2. How does Miss Sadie react, when Abilene tries to find a pot in a locked area?

3. Who arrives in town along with Devlin and Burton when they return?

4. Where is the hidden compartment where Shady hides Jinx?

5. Who does Abilene realize is actually the Rattler?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Burton after the land auction?

2. Where in the classroom do the girls find Stucky's writing?

3. How does Abilene feel about the growth of Miss Sadie's garden?

4. On July 15, 1918, what does Abilene go to the cemetery to look for?

5. How does Abilene discover who her father is in Manifest?

6. What does Ned write in his letter about being wounded?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

All the characters in the novel have secrets. Discuss secrets in "Moon Over Manifest".

1) What motives do characters have for keeping secrets? What significance do secrets have in the novel?

2) What secrets ought to be kept, and what secrets ought to be revealed? What is the distinction?

3) Who uncovers secrets in the novel? Who betrays secrets? Why?

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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