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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. From where comes the whiskey Maryse, Chef, and Sadie find in Macon?

2. What tune does Maryse whistle while going to Butcher Clyde’s shop?

3. Which of the following is the source for the notation describing the Shout In This Field We Must Die?

4. With which of the following does the novel begin?

5. Which of Molly’s assistants accompanies the messenger who announces Butcher Clyde’s attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maryse describe as her fighting clothes?

2. Why does Chef prefer rats to lice?

3. Why does Chef note the Germans she captured taught her card games?

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

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

6. To what is Chef’s nickname ascribed?

7. What attire does Maryse note preferring, and why?

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

9. To what industry does Maryse ascribe Macon’s existence?

10. How do Molly’s operatives signal their arrival?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the section-division scheme at work in Ring Shout? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the novel supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?

Essay Topic 2

To what genre other than fantasy might Ring Shout be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

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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