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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. Who is Velmajean Swearington Hoyt's reverend in the story The Acts of Velmajean Swearington Hoyt and the New City of God?
2. What is Velmajean's second "miracle"?
3. What does the man in the river tell Mandy he will do for her when they hear the dogs barking and the men coming through the woods?
4. What does the man in the river tell Mandy to do when they hear men and dogs?
5. What kind of cake is Gloria getting for her daughter?
Short Essay Questions
1. What grates on Percy Terrell's nerves about the hog in the very beginning of the story Now Why Come is That?
2. What does Mamiwata give to Mandy and what is extraordinary about this gift?
3. Who does Randall begin to realize the ghosts he sees around his land and in his house were as living people?
4. In the story Resurrection Hardware or, Lard and Promises, what happens when Randall has a group of friends over that makes the presence of the ghosts in Randall's house clear?
5. 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?
6. How does Velmajean's pastor, Spike Eggleston, react to her new and supposedly miraculous powers?
7. Why does Gloria Brown particularly worry about the safety of her daughter Tamar?
8. Why is Mandy camping out in the woods with the adults in the story Mamiwata?
9. What does Pharaoh say when Mandy tells him and the others about Mamiwata?
10. What does Gloria Brown dream of in the Story Ezekiel Saw the Wheel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are some tactics Kenan uses to connect separate stories in this collection? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
How does the appearance and persistence of the hog in the story Now Why Come That Is change the character Percy Terrell radically from the beginning of the story to the end? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
Why is Inez Cross Chasten so insulted by Howard Hughes's offer to cook for him in The Eternal Glory That is Ham Hocks, and why do you think she really turns the billionaire down? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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