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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. How many times in her life has Stella seen an airplane in the sky?

2. Chapter 11: Truth is composed of an artifact of whose writing?

3. In what year does the narrative of Stella by Starlight take place?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How are Jojo and Stella related?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Stella by Starlight and analyze Draper’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Draper’s inclusion of the dream motif within Stella by Starlight. With which of the novel’s major themes does the dream motif dovetail?

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