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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. 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?

2. In Chapter 12, where does Richie follow Leonie?

3. When Leonie told her mother she was pregnant, how long had her mother known that Leonie was expecting?

4. What does Michael fix for breakfast the first morning he is back?

5. What does Al have in the pantry that he suggests Leonie and Michael give to Michaela while he and Misty go to the store?

Short Essay Questions

1. What work did Michael do at Parchman, and how did he feel about the work?

2. How did Richie die?

3. Why did Pop quit smoking?

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

5. In Chapter 14, what does Leonie see and hear Michael do when she wakes?

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

7. What dream does Leonie have on the last hour drive home from Parchman?

8. After Leonie got together with Michael, why did her mother tell her the relationship was not healthy?

9. What does Leonie do as Mam is dying, and how does Jojo describe what happens?

10. What is Pop doing when Jojo takes Richie to hear the end of Richie's story?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Leonie is a 30-year-old woman who has two children. Analyze Leonie’s character and how Ward reveals her character traits.

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