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

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

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

4. What happens to the man from the grocery store parking lot in the first ending?
(a) He is shot in the shoulder.
(b) He is strangled by a security guard.
(c) He stabs himself.
(d) He disappears in a cloud of smoke.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lets Siddiq do some construction jobs for a time?

2. What does Randall think of in the very end of the story Resurrection Hardware or, Lard and Promises?

3. What does Aunt Inez tell Mandy they always have to be ready to do?

4. What is Randall's relationship to Inder?

5. What does Uncle Pharaoh say to Mandy when she tells him she caught the catfish?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is the mysterious man Amanda (Mandy) meets the first time she sees him in Mamiwata?

2. Who does Randall begin to realize the ghosts he sees around his land and in his house were as living people?

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

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

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

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

7. How does Velmajean's pastor, Spike Eggleston, react to her new and supposedly miraculous powers?

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

9. In the end of the story Resurrection Hardware or, Lard and Promises, what does Randall begin to wonder about the ghosts?

10. What is Percy Terrell dreaming about when he is rudely awoken in the story Now Why Come is That?

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