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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 (Chapters 7-12).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does PaPaLaBas say men will turn to before the end of the century?
(a) Politics.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) Mystery.
(d) Superstition.

2. Who does James Weldon Johnson say the Jes Grew belongs to?
(a) Africans.
(b) Slaves and ex-slaves.
(c) Nobody.
(d) All blacks.

3. How does Reed characterize the outbreak of Jes Grew?
(a) Consistent.
(b) Incremental.
(c) Predictable.
(d) Sporadic.

4. Where does the Jes Grew aim to settle?
(a) Africa.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

5. What does PaPaLaBas fit for his customers?
(a) Their lives.
(b) Their heads.
(c) Their histories.
(d) Their souls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Earline say PaPaLaBas mixes concrete events with?

2. What is the sign by which Schlitz’ properties are identified?

3. What are elders trying to regulate?

4. Where does the Mayor go to at the beginning of the book?

5. Where is Jes Grew worst?

(see the answer key)

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