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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. Who brings clothing to the Mills family?
2. On the day Mama stays home from church to nurse Jojo, how long has it been since she last missed a service?
3. How much do the white men pay to register to vote as Stella watches?
4. On what road does the car travel when Stella and Jojo get to ride in an automobile for the first time?
5. Whose piece of writing is NOT chosen by Mrs. Grayson to be sent in for the contest sponsored by the Carolina Times?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who goes to the sheriff's office in Bumblebee in order to vote?
2. What is Mama's main emotion in response to Papa's decision to vote in the election?
3. For what reason does Papa no longer have any of the writing he had created as a boy?
4. What metaphor does Stella use to describe Papa in relation to his act of voting?
5. Who goes to the sheriff's office in order to lend support to the voters?
6. What memories does Papa have of his grandmother Maudie?
7. What reason does Papa give Stella for his decision to try to register to vote?
8. In what way is the theme of altruism present in the community's response to the fire?
9. Whose pieces of writing does Mrs. Grayson choose to enter into the contest and what is each piece about?
10. What surprising fact does Papa reveal to Stella about Tony?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
Could Stella by Starlight be classified as a coming-of-age story? Why or why not?
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