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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 number notation describes the Shout In This Field We Must Die?

2. From which state does Molly hail?

3. From which nation does Molly hail?

4. Which of the following does Maryse lose fighting the Ku Kluxers in Macon?

5. What did Emma Krauss study in Germany?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the source of the magic of Maryse’s sword?

2. What components of the Klan gathering in Macon does Maryse note?

3. What does Maryse describe as her fighting clothes?

4. How is Maryse accompanied as she visits Butcher Clyde’s shop?

5. What peculiarity about Ku Kluxers’ human guise can only a few people notice?

6. How does Maryse know that the three Aunties are not human?

7. How does Butcher Clyde’s advertisement make clear that his is a Klan establishment?

8. What is the meaning of the Shout about Pharaoh in the novel?

9. What meanings associate with the Shout In This Field We Must Die, per the novel?

10. Why does Chef prefer rats to lice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sources attest to the presence of Ring Shout on bestseller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the type of text? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

How reliable is the narrator of the novel? What in the text indicates that reliability, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

What is the overall attitude of the novel toward the supernatural? What in the text indicates as much, and how does it do so?

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