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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. On what day of the week is Frenchy’s attacked?

2. Which of the following kinds of tree is present with the three Aunties?

3. To which of the following does Maryse compare Sadie?

4. Who is the source of the Shout detailed in Notation 7?

5. In what year does Bisset search for the Angel Oak?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the three Aunties explain Maryse being able to reach them despite their decreasing power?

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

3. What justification for the attack on Frenchy’s does Butcher Clyde cite to his followers?

4. Who does Maryse rescue from the second floor of a burning Frenchy’s?

5. Why does Maryse consider accepting Butcher Clyde’s offer?

6. For what purpose does Maryse’s group assume the Ku Kluxers took captives at Frenchy’s?

7. How does Bisset explain hepatoscopy?

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

9. Why does Butcher Clyde note having spared Maryse in Memphis?

10. How does Butcher Clyde defeat Maryse at the attack on Frenchy’s?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sources attest to the presence of Ring Shout on bestseller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the type of text? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the ending of the novel. Does it satisfy? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

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

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