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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man from the grocery store parking lot say to Velmajean in the fourth ending?
(a) It was not meant to be like this.
(b) You are evil.
(c) Go back to where you came from.
(d) Scene.

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

3. Who wrote "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"?
(a) James Baldwin.
(b) Toni Morrison.
(c) Langston Hughes.
(d) Zadie Smith.

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 terrible darkness.
(c) A feeling of suspicion.
(d) A cold feeling.

5. What had the man who Gloria meets with in the story Ezekiel Saw the Wheel been doing when his wife died?
(a) Going to the movies in New York.
(b) Going to a friend's funeral.
(c) Taking a trip to the Outer Banks.
(d) Visiting his grandchildren.

6. Who is Gloria Brown's daughter?
(a) Adeline.
(b) Steph.
(c) Lily.
(d) Tamar.

7. What does Mandy's Aunt Inez grow in a pot?
(a) Basil.
(b) Spearmint.
(c) Rosemary.
(d) Thyme.

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

9. What is Velmajean's second "miracle"?
(a) Raising someone from the dead.
(b) Walking on water.
(c) Making a blind person see.
(d) Feeding hundreds of men with very little food.

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

11. What does Aunt Inez tell Mandy not to do?
(a) Wander from camp alone.
(b) Play with cats.
(c) Eat things from the woods.
(d) Sing to herself.

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

13. What book concerning Egypt did Randall read in high school?
(a) In Search of Identity.
(b) Solider.
(c) The Hamlet.
(d) Infidel.

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

15. What does the person Mandy meets in the beginning of the story Mamiwata tell her he is doing?
(a) Meditating.
(b) Eating.
(c) Biding his time.
(d) Standing watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Randall live in his first year of college?

2. What does the man in the river tell Mandy he will do for her when they hear the dogs barking and the men coming through the woods?

3. Where does Randall volunteer in the story Resurrection Hardware or, Lard and Promises?

4. What is one movie Gloria has seen that depicts tense situations in the military?

5. What does Mandy dream about the day she meets the man in the creek?

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