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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 food does Mr. O'Brian give to Stella for free?
2. What is Papa's reply when Stella asks him how he had continued to learn despite being out of school?
3. Whose piece of writing is NOT chosen by Mrs. Grayson to be sent in for the contest sponsored by the Carolina Times?
4. What is the first key Stella uses when she uses a typewriter for the first time?
5. How much do Papa and the other black men have to pay in order to register to vote?
Short Essay Questions
1. What object does Stella believe gives off a "rich" (208) smell that she has never smelled in Bumblebee before?
2. In what ways do the men at the voter registration office belittle Papa?
3. How does Stella characterize the type of writing she enjoys creating?
4. Who goes to the sheriff's office in order to lend support to the voters?
5. How does the theme of gratitude arise within the classroom conversation about the fire?
6. What skill does Stella put into practice on demand in the voter registration office?
7. From what source is the story Mrs. Grayson tells the class about flying?
8. What skill is said to be a major element of Stella's schooling?
9. What memories does Papa have of his grandmother Maudie?
10. What is surprising about the choices Mrs. Grayson makes for the contest?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within Stella by Starlight and what is Draper’s message regarding these themes?
Essay Topic 2
What message does Draper send within the pages of Stella by Starlight concerning the link between brutality and oppression?
Essay Topic 3
Sensory details are used frequently by Draper in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of Stella by Starlight. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Draper’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.
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