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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. Mama compares Stella's coming maturity to the blossoming of what type of flora?
(a) Peaches.
(b) Strawberries.
(c) Sunflowers.
(d) Ivy.

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

3. What is the name of the Mills' dog?
(a) Fido.
(b) Sporty.
(c) Dusty.
(d) Knox.

4. Spoon Man's longest tale involves what two types of birds?
(a) Chickens and geese.
(b) Herons and ducks.
(c) Chickens and eagles.
(d) Swans and ducks.

5. How old is Stella?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what grade is Stella?

2. When the family goes out to alert the neighborhood about the Klan's resurgence, who is assigned the right side of the street?

3. Stella and Tony had walked to school together since they were in what grade?

4. What kind of animal does Jojo see when he mistakenly believes that it has no head?

5. Whose skin is likened to the color of sweet tea?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What racial inequalities are depicted within the voter registration process in Spindale?

4. What comment does Papa make about shame after the pastor's sermon?

5. How does Pastor Patton invoke the idea of technology within his sermon?

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

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

8. Who is Spoon Man?

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

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

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