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

2. What happens to Velmajean in the second ending?
(a) She is strangled.
(b) She is stabbed badly.
(c) She is shot.
(d) She is unharmed.

3. What does Uncle Pharaoh say when Mandy tells him about the man in the river?
(a) He says they should leave camp now.
(b) He says they should ask the man how to get out of the woods.
(c) He says that is inpossible.
(d) He says the creek answered his prayer to send a friend.

4. What is one movie Gloria has seen that depicts tense situations in the military?
(a) Sleepers.
(b) Forced recruiter.
(c) Riot.
(d) Jarhead.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Siddiq's father going the first time Randall met him?

2. Where does Siddiq go for the summer?

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

4. What is the name of Reverend Spike Eggleston's church?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who tries to warn Velmajean that her pastor, Pastor Spike, might not have her best interests at heart?

2. What is unusual about Kenan's story The Acts of Velmajean Swearington Hoyt and the New City of God in terms of its structure?

3. Why is Mandy camping out in the woods with the adults in the story Mamiwata?

4. Who is Lilith and what does Gloria Brown think of Lilith?

5. What does Mamiwata give to Mandy and what is extraordinary about this gift?

6. What do you think Kenan is trying to insinuate about the origin of Velmajean's powers at the end of the story?

7. Where was Percy and what was he doing when he first saw the hog?

8. What does Gloria Brown do for a living, and what has she learned about dealing with customers?

9. Why is Percy Terrell so happy to see pig poop on his carpet?

10. What is Gloria Brown very good at, according to the story's narrator?

(see the answer keys)

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