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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 which state does Molly hail?

2. What did Emma Krauss study in Germany?

3. With which of the following does Chef bait Ku Kluxers in Macon?

4. In what Macon neighborhood do Maryse, Chef, and Sadie reside?

5. In which of the following does Maryse report having met Nana Jean?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the Second Klan birthed, per the novel?

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

3. Why is Chef the driver when she, Maryse, and Sadie go hunting?

4. Why does Sadie have to sit in the middle when she, Chef, and Maryse go hunting?

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

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

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

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

9. What ingredients go into Mama’s Water?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Explicate the “notations” that appear sporadically through the book.

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