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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. What remains of the Klan members subsumed into the Grand Cyclops?

2. Which of the following cities does Maryse see as the Night Doctors assail her?

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

4. Maryse sees a spirit from which of the following as she fights in Frenchy’s?

5. To which of the following is the Grand Cylcops compared?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Sadie’s last words?

3. Who accompanies Maryse to Stone Mountain from Macon?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Similarly, the lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of section-length is present in the novel, if any? What effect does the length of sections have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

Essay Topic 2

Maryse makes much of particular folktales in her narration. What effect does the invocation of those folktales have on reading the novel? How is the effect achieved?

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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