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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is the first time Velmajean begins to feel afraid rather than blessed?
(a) When she is robbed.
(b) When she loses her wedding ring.
(c) When she drops her cake.
(d) When she hears the word "miracle" for the first time at bingo night.

2. What does Gloria Brown dream of in the story Ezekiel Saw the Wheel?
(a) A fantastic meal.
(b) Her own death.
(c) Her house collapsing.
(d) Her daughter's death.

3. What does Randall think of in the very end of the story Resurrection Hardware or, Lard and Promises?
(a) His best friend.
(b) His father.
(c) His late sister.
(d) His mother, lover, and home.

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

5. Who is Tamar's girlfriend?
(a) Lilith.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Bennie.
(d) Diane.

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

7. What does Aunt Inez tell Mandy they always have to be ready to do?
(a) Sing.
(b) Eat.
(c) Fight.
(d) Run.

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

9. Why does Velmajean end up liking Eggleston's church?
(a) Because of how it pays its congregants.
(b) Because of the people there.
(c) Because of how it validates all her feelings about faith.
(d) Because of how the people there have already heard of her.

10. What does the man in the supermarket parking lot say to Velmajean right before he leaves?
(a) Blessed are you for you are the lamb.
(b) A mile to go before you sleep.
(c) You better use these powers wisely.
(d) His wonders to behold.

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

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

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

14. 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) Who said it was from God?
(b) You lied abou this from the start.
(c) You need to praise Satan.
(d) I did not want to give you this power.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Randall cook for the reunion with his friends?

2. What does Gloria's daughter do for a living?

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

4. Who does Randall fear meeting at his reunion with his friends?

5. Who did Randall's editor once work for in Japan after the war?

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