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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. Why do the townspeople want the same land Devlin want?

2. What word does Abilene look up in the dictionary?

3. What does Abilene discover Shady doing at night in the woods?

4. Who remains in town, who might or might not keep the secret?

5. Where on Miss Sadie's property does Abilene try to go to find a pot?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shady do while the liquids are being mixed for Jinx's mixture?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is Ned's job in the military?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Jinx uses trickery and deception to help himself and the town. Discuss trickery and deception in the novel.

1) How do characters like Devlin, Jinx, and Abilene use trickery and deception for their own means? What makes some uses of trickery positive in the novel, while other uses are negative?

2) How does the town use trickery and deception? Why are these means necessary to counter Devlin? Are these means justified?

3) What is the author's perspective on trickery and deception?

Essay Topic 3

Abilene is the central character and narrator of "Moon Over Manifest". Discuss Abilene's character.

1) Why does Abilene believe her father will come for her? What is her relationship with her father like?

2) Why does Abilene want to uncover the past? What motivates her?

3) How is Abilene similar to her father, and how is she different from him?

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