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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 Randall cook for the reunion with his friends?
2. Who was Randall's first editor?
3. What does Mandy dream about the day she meets the man in the creek?
4. Who is Velmajean Swearington Hoyt's reverend in the story The Acts of Velmajean Swearington Hoyt and the New City of God?
5. What does the man in the river tell Mandy to do when they hear men and dogs?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Mamiwata give to Mandy and what is extraordinary about this gift?
2. Who is Lilith and what does Gloria Brown think of Lilith?
3. 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?
4. What grates on Percy Terrell's nerves about the hog in the very beginning of the story Now Why Come is That?
5. Why is Percy Terrell so happy to see pig poop on his carpet?
6. 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?
7. In the end of the story Resurrection Hardware or, Lard and Promises, what does Randall begin to wonder about the ghosts?
8. What do you think Kenan is trying to insinuate about the origin of Velmajean's powers at the end of the story?
9. What does Gloria Brown do for a living, and what has she learned about dealing with customers?
10. How does Velmajean's pastor, Spike Eggleston, react to her new and supposedly miraculous powers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who does Kenan seem to want the reader to believe the mysterious man in the river in Mamiwata is? How does Kenan employ elements of the supernatural in this story? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Why is Randall somewhat insecure and unsure in his relationship with Siddiq? How do the appearance of the ghosts seem to affect Randall's and Siddiq's relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think Kenan writes several different endings in the story The Acts of Velmajean Swearington Hoyt and the New City of God, and why do you think he uses this approach with this particular story? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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