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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Papa declares that it is his job to take what action?
(a) To keep his family safe.
(b) To preserve his dignity.
(c) To help his parents relocate.
(d) To make his family happy.

2. Whose skin is likened to the color of hot chocolate?
(a) Jojo.
(b) Stella.
(c) Papa.
(d) Mama.

3. In what year does the narrative of Stella by Starlight take place?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1972.

4. What is Stella's response when she is told that she cannot visit the place she would like to go in Spindale?
(a) She says that she does not believe it.
(b) She says that she knows and that she does not care.
(c) She says that she is going to go anyway.
(d) She says that she knows and that it is not fair.

5. When the family goes out to alert the neighborhood about the Klan's resurgence, who is assigned the right side of the street?
(a) Jojo and Stella.
(b) Dusty.
(c) Papa.
(d) Mama.

Short Answer Questions

1. The kitchen table in the Mills' home had been handmade by whom?

2. What is Stella's favorite type of tree?

3. Jojo tells his parents that he and Stella had hidden behind what object during the Klan rally?

4. What food does Mama offer to Spoon Man on the morning of his departure?

5. What type of material was used to create the Mills' kitchen table?

Short Essay Questions

1. What object inside the Mills' home symbolizes the family's unity and love?

2. Who is Spoon Man?

3. What plan does Pastor Patton tell the congregation he will undertake the following morning?

4. What aspect of the Klan's reemergence most alarms Papa and why?

5. Discuss how the theme of courage is depicted within the first ten chapters of the novel.

6. To what location is Stella sent during the meeting that takes place in the Mills' home and why?

7. How are Jojo and Stella related?

8. What is the setting of the novel's opening?

9. What role does religion play within Stella's community?

10. What is unique about the Spencer family?

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