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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. Who provides the weapon Maryse takes to the Angel Oak?

2. Which of the following calls for continued action against the Ku Kluxers in the wake of Sadie’s death?

3. Which of the following organs do the Night Doctors remove from Maryse?

4. What is the subject of the Shout detailed in Notation 7?

5. Which of the following do the three Aunties note feeds Maryse’s sword?

Short Essay Questions

1. What background information about the Night Doctors does Maryse’s group have?

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

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

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

5. Why is it suggested the Night Doctors might intervene against the Ku Kluxers?

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

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

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

9. Why does Maryse note that the attack on Frenchy’s comes at the worst possible time?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what other writer’s work in your experience does Clark’s seem most similar? What makes the writers similar? What differentiates them? Overall, which do you regard as doing better at the craft of writing, and why?

Essay Topic 2

Assuming that Ring Shout should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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