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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sign is on the wall of Noah's house?
(a) Prayer changes things.
(b) Always look above.
(c) Home sweet home.
(d) God bless our home.

2. What is everyone drinking at the fish fry?
(a) goats' milk.
(b) Kentucky bourbon.
(c) iced tea with mint.
(d) boiled custard.

3. What form do the next scenes in the play take?
(a) dance sequences that tell Bible stories.
(b) the imaginings of the children about the stories.
(c) more Sunday School lessons.
(d) literal reenactments of Bible scenes.

4. Who strolls the deck and smokes a pipe?
(a) Captain Noah
(b) First Mate Shem
(c) Noah's wife
(d) God

5. Who does the girl say she is?
(a) Seth's great-great granddaughter.
(b) Abel's great-great granddaughter.
(c) Cain's great-great granddaughter.
(d) Adam's great-great granddaughter.

6. Why does Zeba make up with Cain the Sixth?
(a) she sees his diamond ring.
(b) she likes his style.
(c) she always liked him best.
(d) she is scared.

7. What does preacher Deshee say about God?
(a) He eats ambrosia every day.
(b) He wears high platform shoes.
(c) He looks like a distinguished Negro preacher.
(d) He sometimes makes mistakes.

8. What does Noah say when his knee twitches?
(a) it is arthritis.
(b) it is an old football injury.
(c) it means it will freeze.
(d) it is a sign of rain.

9. How does the young man respond when God asks his name?
(a) Soap n' water, Country Boy.
(b) Puddin' and Tame.
(c) Made in the Shade, Buster.
(d) Who wants to know?

10. What does the choir sing as Cain exits?
(a) Land Across the Jordan
(b) Go Down Moses
(c) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
(d) Run, Sinner, Run

11. What is Noah wearing?
(a) a sailor cap, a white yachting jacket, and a raincoat
(b) a T-shirt and baggy pants
(c) a silk hat, captain's uniform, and a rain slicker
(d) a top hat and tails

12. What is Carlisle's first question to preacher Deshee?
(a) Where is heaven?
(b) Why did God create the world as it is?
(c) How long will this class last?
(d) Can I go to the restroom?

13. How many good people does God say he has found?
(a) only Noah and his family.
(b) a small congregation down the road.
(c) only 10 righteous souls.
(d) about 100.

14. What is the setting for the opening scene of the play?
(a) a Baptist Sunday School.
(b) a big reunion in Heaven.
(c) a Southern African American church social.
(d) the creation of the Earth.

15. Why is God in Noah's house?
(a) to plan a revival.
(b) to get out of the rain.
(c) for a prayer meeting.
(d) for dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the girl dressed?

2. What are Adam and Eve supposed to do?

3. Besides God, who is in the office?

4. Where is God walking on earth after not visiting there for 300 or 400 years?

5. What is on the floor by God's desk?

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