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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator ask his mother how to cook in the story The Eternal Glory That Is Ham Hocks?
(a) Collard greens.
(b) Pigs feet.
(c) Pork chops.
(d) Chicken livers.

2. What city is Ed Phelps exploring in the story When We All Get to Heaven?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Baltimore.
(c) New York City.
(d) Chicago.

3. How long were Cicero and Jacson romantically involved?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Three years.
(c) One year.
(d) Twenty years.

4. Who had been the rock of Cicero's family?
(a) Tisha Ann.
(b) Arlina.
(c) Fannie.
(d) Gina.

5. What does Lazarus call his aunt who is always trying to stick her nose in other people's business?
(a) Aunt Tensy.
(b) Aunt Francine.
(c) Aunt Minnie.
(d) Aunt Fannie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Ed actually from?

2. Who is Ed's wife?

3. What do most people called Lazarus?

4. Which wealthy businessperson did Jacson design a temple for?

5. What is Ed's wife doing when Ed gets back to the hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ed Phelps's musical interaction with Idol affect him later that same day?

2. What does a man in the street in New York City hand Ed that puts Ed off in the story When We All Get to Heaven?

3. How does Lazarus start to feel after beginning to beat J.C. Stokes?

4. Why does Howard Hughes buy Bradham's motel in Tim's Creek?

5. Why does Lazarus turn himself in to the police station in the first place?

6. How does Ed get caught up in Billy Idol's entourage?

7. What is the narrator's mother in the story The Eternal Glory That Is Ham Hocks pleased about regarding his career path?

8. Why is Lazarus Barden II having problems with his Aunt Tensy in the story Ain't No Sunshine?

9. Why does Inez Cross Chasten refuse to cook for Howard Hughes?

10. Until he beats J.C. Stokes, how does Lazarus mostly choose to deal with his wife's infidelity?

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