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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4 (Chapters 18-26).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Reed say is the American motto?
(a) The sun never sets on the American empire.
(b) There’s a sucker born every minute.
(c) There's no business like show business.
(d) You can't repeat the past? Of course you can.

3. Who does Ishmael Reed credit with developing the “grapevine telegraph?
(a) Charlie Parker.
(b) Booker T. Washington.
(c) Louis Armstrong.
(d) Warren G. Harding.

4. What does Hinkle Von Vampton accuse his boss of?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Oppression.
(c) Hypocrisy.
(d) Being a slob.

5. What are elders trying to regulate?
(a) How late the dances can run.
(b) How many dance partners a person can have.
(c) How close youth can dance.
(d) How many people can come to each dance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hinkle Von Vampton about to do to his boss before a crowd breaks in?

2. How many artifacts will “Tam” collect and return?

3. When was the last time Jes Grew flared up?

4. When Earline starts to discuss the Jes Grew, what does Berbelang do to interrupt her?

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

(see the answer key)

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