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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. Where does Al keep clean towels?

2. What does Michaela do when she goes into Mam's bedroom with Leonie in Chapter 14?

3. The morning after Jojo and the others return from the prison, what does Richie tell Jojo Pop is doing?

4. When Leonie and Michael were first dating, what time would he drop her off at her house?

5. What does Michael's mother give him when he leaves the house in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mam tell Jojo about dying?

2. Why does Jojo make himself a sandwich the first morning he and the others return from Parchman?

3. Why is Richie traveling with Jojo and the others?

4. What does Jojo remember hearing in the night in Chapter 13?

5. What does Leonie remember about the last time she saw Given alive?

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

7. What does red cinnamon gum make Jojo remember?

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

9. How does Jojo describe life after his grandmother's death?

10. Why did Pop quit smoking?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Setting is the place where a story happens. Where does Sing, Unburied, Sing take place? How do characters feel about the place and why?

Essay Topic 2

Dialogue tags help identify who is speaking in a written conversation. What would happen if dialogue tags were never used to identify who is speaking in a written conversation? What common dialogue tags frequently identify speakers in a written conversation in Sing, Unburied, Sing? What descriptive dialogue tags has the author used, especially during action scenes? How do those dialogue tags help readers imagine scenes? How do they add another layer of description?

Essay Topic 3

An analogy is the comparison of an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar or to help readers understand characters, events, or concepts. What are some analogies Ward uses in the novel? How do these analogies help readers comprehend characters actions, events or concepts?

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