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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. What kind of animal belongs to Spoon Man?

2. How many dollars does Dr. Packard give to Paulette outside of Cathy's Candy Store?

3. When Spoon Man climbs down from his "wooden buckboard" (71), what does he toss to both Jojo and Stella?

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

5. Stella writes that she likes the idea that "dust becomes" (118) what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Provide a description of Mama's temperament.

2. Who is Spoon Man?

3. What philosophy are the black people in Bumblebee said to hold because "it had always been" (5) so?

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

5. What happens to Billy when he moves to open his own blacksmith business?

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

7. What realization does Stella make about Dr. Packard and what does she do about her realization?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Draper’s purpose for including examples of Stella’s actual writing within the narrative of Stella by Starlight?

Essay Topic 2

How is the topic of racially-motivated violence treated within Stella by Starlight and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Draper’s focus on the theme of courage in Stella by Starlight. What message is Draper sending about the limits and power of courage?

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