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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. In addition to "plying curios and cookware, tools and trinkets," (69) what else does Spoon Man ply?
(a) Joy.
(b) Spells.
(c) News.
(d) Jokes.

2. What action does Papa take when he is angry?
(a) He chops wood.
(b) He taps his foot.
(c) He clenches his fists.
(d) He chews his lip.

3. What grade does Stella earn on her essay?
(a) C.
(b) D.
(c) B.
(d) A.

4. How many times in her life has Stella seen an airplane in the sky?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 11.

5. Bumblebee is said to be "tucked in the rocky bottom of" (4) which mountains?
(a) Grand Tetons.
(b) Blue Ridge.
(c) Appalachian.
(d) Pyrenees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Stella's response when she is told that she cannot visit the place she would like to go in Spindale?

2. What question does Jojo ask Mrs. Grayson about the Klan?

3. How old is Jojo?

4. In what location do Stella and Jojo see the Klan rally?

5. Stella helps Papa to set up a pallet in the barn for whose use?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are Jojo and Stella outside in the middle of the night in the novel's opening scene?

3. Provide a description of Mama's temperament.

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

5. What is Stella's real name and for what reason does Stella adore her nickname?

6. What does Mama mean when she calls Stella "a gemstone hiding inside a rock" (100)?

7. How does the cross outside of New Hope Church echo the novel's depiction of beauty within imperfection?

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

9. What aspect of transformation does Stella observe and write about within her "Trees" essay?

10. What sight alerts Stella to the identity of the one of the Klansmen at the rally?

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