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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 does Randall volunteer in the story Resurrection Hardware or, Lard and Promises?
(a) The Sound Stage.
(b) Settlement House.
(c) The YMCA.
(d) The Reinhardt Theater.

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

3. Where was Siddiq's father going the first time Randall met him?
(a) To the bank.
(b) To dinner at the White House.
(c) Rushing to the airport.
(d) A meeting at the Saudi embassy.

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

5. Who did Alexa marry?
(a) Randall.
(b) Alexander.
(c) Siddiq.
(d) Winston.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aunt Inez tell Mandy not to do?

2. Who comes to see Velmajean from her past in the end of the story?

3. Who was Randall's first editor?

4. What is Velmajean's first "miracle"?

5. Who is Randall's partner?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Velmajean Swearington Hoyt appear to get her miraculous powers in the story The Acts of Velmajean Swearington Hoyt and the New City of God?

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

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