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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. To whom is the beginning of the first Klan ascribed in the novel?

2. Next to which of the following is Butcher Clyde’s shop?

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

4. What kind of shotgun does Emma wield?

5. From which of the following groups does Nana Jean hail?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Nana Jean oppose killing Klan members, as opposed to Ku Kluxers?

3. How does Lester, prompted by Sadie, explain the existence of white people?

4. For what purpose does the novel assert Birth of a Nation was made?

5. For what reason do Macon’s police and the Klan not get along?

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

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

8. How does Maryse’s first fight against Butcher Clyde, in dream, go for her?

9. What does Butcher Clyde note is his “grand plan”?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Maryse offers the comment that “They say God is good all the time. Seem he also likes irony” (32). Does the novel bear out or belie the comment? How?

Essay Topic 2

Similarly, the lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of section-length is present in the novel, if any? What effect does the length of sections have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

Essay Topic 3

In the acknowledgments, Clark asks, “Who says all the fantasies with sword-wielding heroes and heroines have to be in Middle Earth, Westeros, or even our dreams of Africa past—‘copper sun or scarlet sea?’” (183). What significance accrues to his question, and how does it accrue?

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