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

2. What does Aunt Inez tell Mandy they always have to be ready to do?
(a) Sing.
(b) Fight.
(c) Eat.
(d) Run.

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

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

5. Who originally persuades Velmajean to try a new church?
(a) Her neighbors.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her best friend.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Gloria Brown very good at?

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

4. What kind of cake is Gloria getting for her daughter?

5. What does Randall do when he first discovers a ghost in his house in the story Resurrection Hardware or, Lard and Promises?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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