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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. Who was Howard Hughes's mother?
(a) Jennifer Reyne Hughes.
(b) Allene Gano Hughes.
(c) Margaret Hughes.
(d) Lily Hughes.

2. What does the police chief tell Lazarus about why he came to see him?
(a) The police chief will help Lazarus get rid of Stokes's body.
(b) The police chief is going to let Lazarus go.
(c) The police chief has to charge Lazarus.
(d) The police chief has to notify Stokes's family about the crime.

3. Who did Randall's editor once work for in Japan after the war?
(a) Churchill.
(b) MacArthur.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Kennedy.

4. Which university did Jacson and Cicero both attend?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Spelman University.
(c) Howard University.
(d) Harvard University.

5. What does Randall do when he first discovers a ghost in his house in the story Resurrection Hardware or, Lard and Promises?
(a) Calls his pastor.
(b) Calls his father.
(c) Runs screaming from the house.
(d) Makes coffee and things what to do next.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator ask his mother how to cook in the story The Eternal Glory That Is Ham Hocks?

2. What does Ed usually wear that most other men do not wear?

3. What does the person Mandy meets in the beginning of the story Mamiwata tell her he is doing?

4. What had the man who Gloria meets with in the story Ezekiel Saw the Wheel been doing when his wife died?

5. What did Max Factor call the color of makeup he developed for Lena Horne?

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