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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5 (Chapters 27-30).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Schlitz’ relationship with Buddy Jackson?
(a) They are colleagues.
(b) They are rival gangsters.
(c) They are close friends.
(d) They are leaders of competing powers.

2. What does Reed say Africans have fallen in love with, in North America?
(a) Terror.
(b) The Jes Grew.
(c) Death.
(d) Tragedy.

3. What kind of people did Langston Hughes say were popular during the time period of the book?
(a) People who drank and smoked liberally.
(b) People who had been to Africa.
(c) People who exercised strict restraint.
(d) People who sampled different cultures.

4. What are Knockings?
(a) Religious secrets.
(b) Race memory from Africa.
(c) Cultural knowledge.
(d) Intuition.

5. Who is the anti-Jes Grew president?
(a) Warren Harding.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Grover Cleveland.
(d) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom do the Knights Templar answer?

2. Where do Berbelang and his gang take Biff Musclewhite?

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

4. What is developed to cure the Jes Grew?

5. Where is Mumbo Jumbo set?

(see the answer key)

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