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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 133 - 174).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator ask his mother how to cook in the story The Eternal Glory That Is Ham Hocks?
(a) Collard greens.
(b) Pigs feet.
(c) Pork chops.
(d) Chicken livers.

2. How old is Mandy in the story Mamiwata?
(a) 14.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

3. What is Velmajean's first "miracle"?
(a) She lays hands on a little girl who has been badly injured and revives her.
(b) She walks on water.
(c) She makes a blind man see.
(d) She makes a man's lost arm grow back.

4. Where does the narrator of The Eternal Glory That Is Ham Hocks eventually open his own restaurant?
(a) California.
(b) Houston.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York City.

5. What is one way Lazarus finds out that J.C. is having an affair with his wife?
(a) His own children tell him about the affair.
(b) J.C. calls the house blatantly.
(c) His best friend tells him about the affair.
(d) His wife tells him about the affair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aunt Inez tell Mandy not to do?

2. What does Aunt Inez tell Mandy they always have to be ready to do?

3. What is the quote that Kenan uses to open the story The Eternal Glory That is Ham Hocks?

4. What was the narrator's sister particularly fascinated with regarding Howard Hughes?

5. What motel does Howard Hughes buy in 1966?

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