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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 does Flora tell Aunt Mae about David's mother in "Chapter 6"?

2. Where does David take her mother to try to stop the bleeding in "Chapter 9"?

3. After digging his mother's grave, what does David instinctively know?

4. What does David's mother do at the end of "Chapter 6"?

5. In "Chapter 7," the narrator says that some people worried about David's mother, but how do others feel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does David do when his mother is missing in "Chapter 9"?

2. How do the townspeople feel about David's mother in "Chapter 7"?

3. What happens when Aunt Mae asks Flora for help in "Chapter 6"?

4. Why is Aunt Mae home more in "Chapter 8"?

5. What does David do after finding his mother in "Chapter 9"?

6. What does David's mother do on his graduation night?

7. Why do David and the conductor form a relationship in "Chapter 10"?

8. What does David see outside his window in "Chapter 10"?

9. In "Chapter 8," how do David's former classmates affect him?

10. What makes David's father burial painful for his mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What genre is "The Neon Bible"? How does it fit in this genre? How does it defy it? Define genres and give quotes from the book to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

How is the theme of family explored in this novel? Define theme in your discussion and use quotes or examples from the book to support your statements.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the hills as a setting in this novel. How does this setting affect the characters and the plot? Define setting in your analysis and give examples from the novel.

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