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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 controversial location does Shady suggest for mixing the liquids?

2. What mood is Abilene in after talking with Hattie Mae?

3. Who killed Junior?

4. What weapon does Uncle Finn use to threaten Jinx?

5. What causes the Missouri sheriff to want to double-check the identity of the person being buried?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the people in the town think there might be a traitor amongst them?

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

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

5. What does the man from the government who comes to Shady's bar do while he's there?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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?

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