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

2. Within what area does Spoon Man travel all around plying his wares?

3. In what grade is Stella?

4. What is the name of the Mills' dog?

5. Who tells Stella that she would not be allowed in the place Stella wants to go in Spindale?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is unique about the Spencer family?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Tony's father do for a living and how does his position demonstrate the theme of inequality?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Draper’s messages about family bonds within Stella by Starlight.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the reasons why Draper uses a third person omniscient narrator. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Draper’s intended effects on the reader?

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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