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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. Which character arranges for Moe's train ticket?

2. What does Moe hide under?

3. What is Wade's occupation?

4. Where does Moe reveal to Cassie that he loves her?

5. What happens to Stacey's truck while the group sleeps?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which character has the most impossible-fated future?

2. Describe Clarence's fate.

3. Why does Moe choose to take the train rather than have his friends drive him the whole way?

4. How would Moe be punished for attacking the Aames brothers?

5. What makes Jeremy feel empty in Chapter 6?

6. What becomes evident from the group's experience at the train station?

7. Describe the interactions between Moe and Cassie in Chapter 8.

8. Why does Cassie refer to Solomon as her "Memphis Prince"?

9. Describe Wade.

10. What is Jeremy's redemption?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cassie compares herself to Cinderella when she is in Memphis. Why does she do this? How is her life similar to Cinderella's? What traits does she share with a fairy tale character? In what ways is she different?

Essay Topic 2

Several characters in the story seem to be caught between two different worlds. Choose two characters and explain what worlds they are trapped between. Are they victims? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

What is the historical context of the story? How does the setting, in 1941, differ from the present? How would the story be different if the story occurred in present-time instead of in 1941?

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