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

2. What is the coffin that Shady, Jinx, and Donal bury filled with?

3. Who organized the secret meeting to talk about the land Mr. Devlin wants to buy?

4. Where is the land auction held?

5. When Miss Sadie picks up her story of Jinx and Ned on August 11, 1936, what does she begin with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Burton after the land auction?

2. In "The Shadow of Death," what does Abilene realize about her compass?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What are the obstacles to the townspeople buying the property that Devlin wants?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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