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

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

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

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 brothers.
(d) They are cousins.

5. 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?
(a) Kill her.
(b) Take her back to the plantation.
(c) Protect her.
(d) Find her aunt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Velmajean's husband?

3. What does Ron see in Randall's bathroom during the reunion?

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

5. Who arrives late to the dinner party that Randall is throwing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pharaoh say when Mandy tells him and the others about Mamiwata?

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

3. What is one skill Randall likes to use and sometimes show off for friends?

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

5. What does Gloria Brown dream of in the Story Ezekiel Saw the Wheel?

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

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

8. In the story Resurrection Hardware or, Lard and Promises, what happens when Randall has a group of friends over that makes the presence of the ghosts in Randall's house clear?

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

10. What does Percy Terrell think might be the real explanation for the fact that no one else seems to be able to see the hog?

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