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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 Gloria Brown very good at?
(a) Deception.
(b) Listening.
(c) Budgeting.
(d) Giving advice.

2. What had the man who Gloria meets with in the story Ezekiel Saw the Wheel been doing when his wife died?
(a) Visiting his grandchildren.
(b) Going to the movies in New York.
(c) Taking a trip to the Outer Banks.
(d) Going to a friend's funeral.

3. Who once owned most of the area Randall's house is built on?
(a) The Quakers.
(b) The Amish.
(c) The Lutherans.
(d) The Mormons.

4. What does Randall do when he first discovers a ghost in his house in the story Resurrection Hardware or, Lard and Promises?
(a) Calls his pastor.
(b) Runs screaming from the house.
(c) Calls his father.
(d) Makes coffee and things what to do next.

5. Who was Randall's first editor?
(a) Winnifred Jensen.
(b) Agnes Van Horne.
(c) Beth Hendry.
(d) Lena Stalingworth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Tamar's girlfriend?

2. Who did Alexa marry?

3. What does Uncle Pharaoh teach Mandy?

4. Why does Velmajean end up liking Eggleston's church?

5. What does the man in the supermarket parking lot say to Velmajean right before he leaves?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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