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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 is the name of the Mills' dog?

2. Stella describes her brains as "dumplings in" (97) what type of soup?

3. What is the name of the school attended by all of the black children in Bumblebee?

4. The animal Jojo mistakenly believes to be headless has what color body?

5. What kind of animal belongs to Spoon Man?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Stella by Starlight and one of the novel's main messages. How does Draper make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Could Stella by Starlight be classified as a coming-of-age story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within Stella by Starlight and what is Draper’s message regarding these themes?

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