Moon over Manifest by Claire Vanderpoole Practice Questions
(with thanks to Deborah for typing them out for me)
1.
Where will Gideon’s railroad job take him? Iowa,
p. 2
2.
Where was Abilene’s serious infection? Her knee,
p. 2
3.
What does A keep her special things in? A flour
sack, p. 2
4.
What’s wrong with Gideon’s compass? Needle
doesn’t point N, p. 2
5.
Why does A jump off the train? She wants to get
a good look at Manifest before she meets the preacher, p. 3
6.
What is the town sign damaged from? Bullet holes
and weather, p. 4
7.
Who had been Manifest Huckleberry Queen of 1917?
Hattie Mae Harper, p. 6
8.
What is the free offer in Billy Bumps ad? A
comb, p. 7
9.
Why did A and her dad go to church? For hot meal
afterwards, p. 9
10.
Why does A decide not to take the path past
Perdition? Sees curtains of abandoned house flutter, p. 10
11.
What kind of shirt is Shady Howard wearing at
first? Plaid, p. 11
12.
What did A eat on the train? Hard-boiled egg, p.
13
13.
What does Hattie Mae offer Abilene? Pop and a
sandwich, p. 14
14.
Why will Fred build a storage shed? To keep old
newspapers p. 15
15.
What kind of letter does Shady have to pick up
in town? Letter of a typewriter p. 17
16.
What parts of 1st Baptist church are
kept in Shady’s house? Pews, stained glass windows, p. 19
17.
Why is A happy to find a pitcher of water and a
bowl in her room? So she could wash up easily, p. 20
18.
Where was the Lucky Bill cigar box? Under a
loose floor board in Shady’s house, pg. 21
19.
Which keys of the typewriter does Shady hand A
to “mind”? P and Q, p. 25
20.
What does Billy say about Abilene’s name? That
it isn’t a name, but a place, p. 28
21.
Who is the teacher? Sister Redempta, pg. 30
22.
What does A get instead of a report card? A
summer writing assignment, p. 31
23.
Where does A examine the cigar box privately? In
a treehouse, p. 33
24.
Which girls climb up the treehouse to see A?
Ruthanne and Lettie, p. 33
25.
Who is the spy the girls are looking for? The
Rattler, p. 41
26.
What did Mr. Underhill do between the two
graves? Lay down, p. 45
27.
What is hanging among the windchimes? Gideon’s
compass, p. 47
28.
What happens to Abilene’s washcloth? Disappears
under a panel of the bar, p. 53
29.
What does Abilene spend her dime on? Fortune
from Miss Sadie, p. 57
30.
What is on the end of Ned Gillen’s line? A
cat-fish, p. 59
31.
Where do Ned and Jinx get white robes from? Klu
Klux Klan men who went swimming, p. 65
32.
What does Jinx leave for toilet paper at the
outhouse? Leaves of poison ivy, p. 67
33.
What does Abilene agree to do to replace the pot
she broke at Miss Sadie’s? Work odd jobs for her, p. 71
34.
Who does Abilene describe as “living by your
wits” smart? Her dad, Gideon, p. 74
35.
Where does Shady get the skipping rope for A?
From a junk box in his house, p. 76
36.
What had Aunt Mavis sent for Hattie Mae Harper’s
14th birthday gift? A thesaurus, p. 82
37.
What do Lettie and Ruthanne have to sell before
meeting up with A later? Eggs, p. 84
38.
What is a speakeasy? A secret saloon, which
makes it easy to hide alcohol, p. 86
39.
Who were the other miners in Ned’s crew? Italians,
p. 90
40.
What reason does Ned get for being asked to work
a double shift? Weintraub has a broken leg, p. 93
41.
What is Ned’s explanation? The boss doesn’t want
Ned to beat his son in foot races, p. 94
42.
What are the vouchers for in Ned’s pay envelope?
Devlin Mercantile, the coal co. store, p. 94
43.
What is a Sparkling Mary? A type of fireworks,
p. 96
44.
How did the man running the carnival game
distract Ned? A monkey jumped on Ned’s shoulder, p. 101
45.
What does Miss Sadie offer Betty Lou? Recipe for
tea with herbs, p. 104
46.
What will the three girls collect in a burlap
sack? Frogs, p. 105
47.
Who helps deliver babies in Manifest? Sister
Redempta, p. 107
48.
What is Sister R’s hair like under her veil?
Short, p. 107
49.
Which word does Sister R tell Abilene to look in
the dictionary? Manifest p. 112
50.
What must be in “standard six-inch block”?
Squares for the Victory Quilt, p. 116
51.
Why does Pearl, Ann’s mom not like Ned? She
doesn’t know his background, p. 117
52.
How does Lance Devlin join the army even though
he’s underage? $25 bribe, p. 119
53.
Where do Ned and Jinx make their fireworks?
Abandoned mine shaft, p. 121
54.
Who did Jinx learn con artistry from? Uncle
Finn, p. 122
55.
How did they fool people? Fake healings and
elixirs, p. 123
56.
What did the preacher say that affected Jinx?
Parts of Psalm 23, p. 123
57.
What are Jinx and Finn accused of? Murder, p.
127
58.
How did the Victory Quilt get ruined? Fireworks
in water tower got it all wet, p. 130
59.
Who bought the Victory Quilt? Jinx, p. 131
60.
Where did Jinx get the money to buy the Victory
Quilt? From selling fireworks, p. 131
61.
Who is “going to shake the coal dust from his
shoes and see the world”? Ned, p. 134
62.
What did Lettie’s family give up to buy sugar? Eggs,
p. 139-140
63.
What did Uncle Louver bury? Boot and foot left
in trap, p. 142
64.
What does Velma T’s elixir do? Make you go to
washroom, p. 146
65.
Where can you buy Old St. Jack’s Lambago
Liniment? Hardware Store, p. 149
66.
Who had welded Miss Sadie’s odd gate? Jinx, p.
157
67.
Why is the land belonging to the Widow Cane so
contentious? Coal is under it, p. 180-181
68.
Who spots Jinx in his hiding space? Little Eva,
p. 185
69.
Who besides Ned acts as a runner in the war?
Heck and Holler Eddie, p. 199
70.
What is the first word in Ivan DeVore’s telegram
message? Dear, p. 209
71.
Who gets weekly notes on yellow paper? Velma T,
p. 208
72.
How do the people of Manifest trick the mine
owners to leave town? Fake Influenza, p. 214
73.
Where do they mix hooch and Velma’s elixir? In
baptistry of Baptist Church, p. 222
74.
What does Ned try to imagine are normal sounds?
Bullets and machine guns, p. 228
75.
How do the girls get into the locked highschool?
Window in storage room, p. 231
76.
Where do the girls find the ode to the Rattler?
Inside the desk lid, p. 233
77.
How do Ruth-Anne and Lettie help Abilene escape
from the school janitor? Fire crackers, p. 238
78.
Who will return the dictionary on the first day
of school? Teddy, p. 239
79.
Where did Mr. Cooper’s father come from?
Germany, p. 240
80.
What Bible story did Shady tell when Mrs. Evans
came to the service? Jesus walking with people who didn’t recognize him, p. 243
81.
What is the name of Mrs. Evans daughter?
Margaret, p. 249
82.
How do they protect the bottles of elixir from
breaking? Hay cushioning them, p. 252
83.
What did one woman trade for elixir that she
kept in a red handkerchief? A mustard seed, p. 253
84.
Who is Sheriff Dean looking for? A pair of
runaways, p. 255
85.
What is in the coffin Donal, Jinx, and Shady are
taking outside of town? Elixir and a dead pig, p. 261
86.
What does Ned call his adoptive father? Pop, p.
263
87.
How do they try to find out who wrote: “Leave
Well Enough Alone”? Handwriting analysis, p. 267
88.
What is the contest? Handwrite a memory from
1918, p. 269
89.
Who tricks Burton into buying only the spring on
Widow Cane’s land? Fred Macke, p. 288
90.
What was Ned doing when he met a single German
soldier? Picking up cans of beans, p. 294
91.
Why had Shady really come home in the morning
with bloodshot eyes? He stays up all night by a fire with homeless men, p. 296
92.
Who played the harmonica at night? Shady, p. 296
93.
What is Proky short for? Emancipation
Proclamation, p. 300
94.
Whose handwriting matches the note, “Leave well
enough alone”? Mr. Underhill, p. 302
95.
Who teaches people bocce ball at the Homecoming?
Paulie Santoni, p. 306
96.
Who comes into Manifest on a motor scooter?
Sheriff Nagelma, p. 309
97.
Who says, “I got to string somebody up and he’s
as good as any”? Sheriff Nagelma, p. 309
98.
How did Finn Bennett die? He hit his head after
getting his leg in a trap, p. 316
99.
How did Ned get separated from his mother? She
was sent back to Europe because she had an eye infection; Redizon/Perdition mix
up, p. 332
100.
Who in Manifest knows that Ned is really Miss
Sadie’s son? Sister Redempta, p. 333
101.
What was Mr. Underhill’s “crime”? Charging full
price for short coffins; telling mine owners about the fake quarantine
102.
How did Jinx get his name? Uncle Finn called him
this because he thought he was bad luck
Battle Questions:
In which book...
Is a flour sack used for storage? P. 2
Is someone stuck trying to find a rhyme for orange? P. 9
Are forks welded into an iron gate? P. 9
Does a cowbell clang when entering or exiting a house? P. 18
Is “hooch” a drink?
Is the word “Thunderation” an expression of surprise? P. 110
Is a teacher also a midwife?
Thank you, Harriette!
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