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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 what source is the Shout Eve and Adam taken in the novel?

2. To which of the following is Maryse compared?

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

4. Which of the following attempts to accompany Maryse to the Night Doctors?

5. From which of the following cities is Maryse’s group joined at Stone Mountain?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Butcher Clyde note the hate of the Klan is not sufficiently potent for his kind?

2. How does Bisset explain hepatoscopy?

3. What meaning does “cyclops” carry in regards to the Grand Cyclops?

4. What promise does Nana Jean attempt to secure from Maryse as she goes to seek the Night Doctors?

5. What happens when Maryse stabs the Angel Oak?

6. What reason do the three Aunties give for choosing Maryse as their champion?

7. What does Maryse note is the strangest thing Bisset wears when he first greets her?

8. What are Sadie’s last words?

9. Why do Maryse and Chef proceed alone against the Klan gathering on Stone Mountain?

10. Who accompanies Maryse to Stone Mountain from Macon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Overall, what is the most important theme of Ring Shout. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

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