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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 appear/s on the branches of the Angel Oak?

2. With which of the following does Seven begin?

3. To which of the following are the Night Doctors compared?

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

5. To what denomination is the rain that falls as Maryse approaches Stone Mountain compared?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What meaning is attributed to the Shout Eve and Adam in the novel?

3. Who accompanies Maryse to Stone Mountain from Macon?

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

5. How does Bisset explain humorism?

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

7. What attire does Chef have that Maryse envies on the approach to Stone Mountain?

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

9. Why does Maryse note Macon lacks woods?

10. What injuries does Sadie sustain at a burning Frenchy’s?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What is the overall attitude of the novel toward the supernatural? What in the text indicates as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Maryse offers the comment that “They say God is good all the time. Seem he also likes irony” (32). Does the novel bear out or belie the comment? How?

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