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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 dog do the Mills have?

2. Mama compares Stella's coming maturity to the blossoming of what type of flora?

3. What verb does Stella use to describe to Jojo what the Klan members are doing?

4. Tony is particularly skilled at what sport?

5. The narrator says that it takes how long for all of the "black men of Bumblebee" (9) to gather?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How are Jojo and Stella related?

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

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

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

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

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?

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