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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 does Leonie buy at the first gas station she comes to after Kayla starts vomiting?

2. When did Pop start telling Jojo the Richie story?

3. How much money does Leonie give Jojo for gas and a Coke on the way to the jail?

4. For how many months was Pop able to help Richie with his work?

5. How long after Given died, did Michael come to Leonie during lunch break at school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Richie remember that he woke?

2. What does the boy do at the house where Leonie and Misty stop on the way to the jail?

3. What are the people and the house like where Leonie and Misty stop on the way to the jail?

4. How did Jojo get hurt when Leonie was supposed to be watching him, and she left him alone?

5. How does Jojo describe Parchman?

6. Who helped Richie get away from the place where he woke?

7. What does Leonie get Jojo for his birthday?

8. What type of papers does Misty forge and why?

9. Why did Michael start selling drugs?

10. What instructions does Pop give Jojo before he leaves with Leonie to pick up Michael?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pop carries a gris-gris bag and gives one to Jojo. Leonie and Mam pray to Catholic saints and goddesses and believe in ghosts and superstitious practices. What is the role of superstition in the lives of characters?

Essay Topic 2

Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that are used to make comparisons between things. Metaphors seem to imply an equal comparison, while similes seem to imply a similarity between two things. Does Ward use more metaphors or similes in Sing, Unburied, Sing? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers comprehend concepts? How does the use of metaphors or similes help make the writing more interesting?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of Sing, Unburied, Sing? How does the way that three first-person narrators are used influence what readers know about events and characters? How does having following different characters help readers connect with and understand characters?

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