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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. Which of the following does Lester cite?

3. To which of the following does Maryse compare Butcher Clyde?

4. Which of the following provides the novel’s epigraph?

5. Which of the following is noted as effective against Ku Kluxers?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Maryse describe the crowd at Frenchy’s?

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

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

5. To what is Chef’s nickname ascribed?

6. Why does Chef prefer rats to lice?

7. What does Maryse describe as her fighting clothes?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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