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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. What year does the newspaper contest focus on?

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

3. What tragedy struck the town soon after Ned's death?

4. Does Sheriff Dean lie to the Missouri sheriff?

5. Who realizes the truth about Miss Sadie's relationship with Ned?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss proving yourself to others in the novel.

1) Why does Ned go off to war? Why does he need to prove himself?

2) How do the characters in the town prove themselves to others, so that the town can cooperate?

3) How does Jinx prove himself to others in the town? How does he see himself, compared to how others see him?

Essay Topic 2

One of the main themes of the novel is prejudice. Discuss the following:

1) What problems does prejudice cause for the people of the town? What are the causes of the people's prejudice? Who does prejudice help and who does it hurt?

2) How does prejudice affect Ned and Miss Sadie? How does prejudice affect Jinx? How does the town overcome prejudice?

3) How does prejudice affect the town in the 1930s when Abilene arrives?

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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