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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did Alexa marry?
(a) Siddiq.
(b) Randall.
(c) Alexander.
(d) Winston.

3. What does Uncle Pharaoh teach Mandy?
(a) Old songs.
(b) Planting methods.
(c) Carpentry.
(d) Reading and writing.

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

5. What does the man from the grocery store parking lot say to Velmajean about her powers in the first three of the four endings?
(a) I did not want to give you this power.
(b) Who said it was from God?
(c) You lied abou this from the start.
(d) You need to praise Satan.

6. What is the name of the plantation Mandy used to be enslaved upon?
(a) Newcastle.
(b) Rianard.
(c) Solinare.
(d) Charybdis.

7. Who caught a rabbit for food in the story Mamiwata?
(a) Mandy.
(b) Rastus.
(c) Ike.
(d) Pharaoh.

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

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

10. What does Randall cook for the reunion with his friends?
(a) Lamb.
(b) Beef.
(c) Goose.
(d) Turkey.

11. Who arrives late to the dinner party that Randall is throwing?
(a) Ken.
(b) Alexa.
(c) Siddiq.
(d) Inder.

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

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

14. Who is Velmajean Swearington Hoyt's reverend in the story The Acts of Velmajean Swearington Hoyt and the New City of God?
(a) Reverend Max Gambit.
(b) Reverend Spike Eggleston.
(c) Reverend Lazarus Barden.
(d) Reverend Michael Amithy.

15. What is the significance Randall remembers about periwinkle?
(a) It was used as a sign for peace.
(b) It was used to mark the graves of the enslaved to keep the ground clear of everything else.
(c) It was used in magical ceremonies.
(d) It was used as a sign for forgiveness.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What book concerning Egypt did Randall read in high school?

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

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