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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. Where did Randall live in his first year of college?
(a) Northeast Washington D.C.
(b) North Campus in Chapel Hill.
(c) The southside of Chicago.
(d) Brooklyn.

2. What does the man in the supermarket parking lot say to Velmajean right before he leaves?
(a) His wonders to behold.
(b) You better use these powers wisely.
(c) A mile to go before you sleep.
(d) Blessed are you for you are the lamb.

3. What is the name of Reverend Spike Eggleston's church?
(a) The Hill.
(b) The Speaking Word.
(c) The Atomic Church.
(d) The Healing Hut.

4. Who was Velmajean's husband?
(a) Lenny Hoyt.
(b) Parker Hoyt.
(c) Marshall Hoyt.
(d) Raymond Hoyt.

5. How does Mandy walk in the story Mamiwata?
(a) Like a fawn.
(b) In a carefree way.
(c) Heavily, like a soldier.
(d) She does not walk, she always runs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Randall's first editor?

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

3. What does Randall drink at the reunion with his friends?

4. Who originally persuades Velmajean to try a new church?

5. What happens to Velmajean in the second ending?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What grates on Percy Terrell's nerves about the hog in the very beginning of the story Now Why Come is That?

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

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

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

8. Why does Randall seem to feel unsure Siddiq will come back once he leaves on a work trip?

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

10. Why does Gloria Brown particularly worry about the safety of her daughter Tamar?

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