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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gloria's daughter do for a living?

2. Where does Siddiq go for the summer?

3. What does Aunt Inez tell Mandy they always have to be ready to do?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Pastor Lazarus Barden II feel after he beats J.C. Stokes with his belt in the story Ain't No Sunshine, and why do you think his old friend and the Police Chief Tony Cavanaugh refuses to charge or prosecute him for the crime? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

In the story God's Gonna Trouble the Water or, Where is Marisol?, what is the true impact of the news of what has happened to Marisol's family on Mrs. Vanessa Streeter? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What are some tactics Kenan uses to connect separate stories in this collection? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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