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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 originally persuades Velmajean to try a new church?

3. Who once owned most of the area Randall's house is built on?

4. What does Reverend Eggleston tell Velmajean when she asks if he has any idea why she was bestowed with the powers she has?

5. What is the name of the plantation Mandy used to be enslaved upon?

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

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

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

7. Who is Lilith and what does Gloria Brown think of Lilith?

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

9. In the end of the story Resurrection Hardware or, Lard and Promises, what does Randall begin to wonder about the ghosts?

10. 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?

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

Who are the ghosts in the story Resurrection Hardware or, Lard and Promises? What do the ghosts' interactions with Randall tell the reader about slavery and the past? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What effect does Cicero's meeting with Tony have on Cicero in I Thought I Heard the Shuffle of Angels' Feet? What surprises Cicero about his conversation with his old friend? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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