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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3 (Chapters 13-17).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Hinkle Von Vampton work?
(a) The New York Tribune.
(b) The New York Sun.
(c) The police station.
(d) The Wallflower Order.

2. What does the Robber Baron examine in Chapter 9?
(a) A gold watch.
(b) An African fetish.
(c) A book.
(d) A dollar bill.

3. What caused New Jersey youths to be fired from their job?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Proselytizing the Jes Grew.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Singing.

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

5. What is Berbelang’s hat decorated with?
(a) Feathers.
(b) Scarabs.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Snakeskin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the danger if the Jes Grew becomes pandemic?

2. How does James Weldon Johnson justify cannibalism in Haiti?

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

4. Who does Ishmael Reed credit with developing the “grapevine telegraph?

5. What does PaPaLaBas say men will turn to before the end of the century?

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