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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What or who does Mandy see in the water in the beginning of the story Mamiwata?
(a) A snake.
(b) A turtle.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A large man.

2. 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 father.
(b) Runs screaming from the house.
(c) Makes coffee and things what to do next.
(d) Calls his pastor.

3. What is the name of Alexa's new book she is working on?
(a) Southern Gentry Cooking.
(b) Lard and Promises.
(c) Come On and Cook.
(d) Resurrection Hardware.

4. What does Velmajean feel when the young man in the grocery store parking lot holds her hand in his?
(a) A sort of ecstasy.
(b) A cold feeling.
(c) A feeling of suspicion.
(d) A terrible darkness.

5. What kind of cake is Gloria getting for her daughter?
(a) Carrot.
(b) Vanilla.
(c) Red velvet.
(d) Chocolate.

6. How many miracles did Christ perform, depending on which scholars you ask?
(a) About 35.
(b) About 10.
(c) About 20.
(d) About 100.

7. Who once owned most of the area Randall's house is built on?
(a) The Quakers.
(b) The Lutherans.
(c) The Mormons.
(d) The Amish.

8. What does Ron see in Randall's bathroom during the reunion?
(a) A cat.
(b) A face in the mirror that was not his.
(c) A naked man.
(d) A dog.

9. What does Gloria's daughter do for a living?
(a) She is a helicopter pilot.
(b) She is a policewoman.
(c) She is a baker.
(d) She is an accountant.

10. What does Randall drink at the reunion with his friends?
(a) Guinness.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Gin.
(d) Vodka.

11. Who does Randall fear meeting at his reunion with his friends?
(a) Ken.
(b) Sally.
(c) Inder.
(d) Alex.

12. What is Randall's relationship to Inder?
(a) They are cousins.
(b) They are ex-lovers and current friends.
(c) They are uncle and nephew.
(d) They are brothers.

13. What happens to the stranger from the grocery store parking lot in the third ending?
(a) Security guards hold him down waiting for police to arrive.
(b) He disappears in a cloud of smoke.
(c) He is fatally stabbed.
(d) He is fatally shot.

14. Where was Randall's first job out of college?
(a) Tout Va Bien.
(b) Glamour.
(c) Vanity Fair.
(d) Town and Country.

15. Who breaks into Velmajean's house at the end of the story?
(a) The man from the parking lot who gave her her powers in the first place.
(b) Richard Harringten.
(c) Spike Eggleston.
(d) Benny Jensen.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the first time Velmajean begins to feel afraid rather than blessed?

2. Where does Reverend Eggleston suggest Velmajean move to?

3. What is the significance Randall remembers about periwinkle?

4. Who originally persuades Velmajean to try a new church?

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

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