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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 Given say he has come with to take Mam away?

2. How long did Jojo have to sit on a hard orange plastic chair in the school office after peeing himself until Mam came to get him?

3. In Chapter 13, how often does Jojo remember that Kayla woke in the night whimpering?

4. Where did the Sunshine Woman go when she quit coming to Parchman?

5. How old is the officer who stops Leonie and the others as they drive home from Parchman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Leonie tell Michael she wants to do after Mam dies?

2. What does red cinnamon gum make Jojo remember?

3. What does Mam tell Jojo about dying?

4. What does Jojo remember about peeing himself at school?

5. What does Mam want when Leonie goes to talk to her after getting home from the trip to Parchman?

6. What do Leonie and Michael do when they see a police car flashing its lights behind them on the drive from Parchman?

7. Why is Pop taking apart a pen in Chapter 13?

8. Why does Michael spank Kayla during breakfast the first morning after they return from Parchman?

9. Why does the police officer pull Leonie and the others over, and who does he handcuff?

10. What does Mam tell Jojo about his mother in Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ward uses backstories, exposition, and flashbacks to reveal information about events that happened before the story begins. How does the author use backstories, exposition, and flashbacks to reveal information about the past in Sing, Unburied, Sing?

Essay Topic 2

Pop, Richie, and others worked in the fields at Parchman and were punished severely for all infractions. Was the treatment they received while incarcerated considered inhumane?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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