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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7 (Chapters 42-49).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Battraville say is after the white people who build highways?
(a) Their god.
(b) Devils.
(c) Ghosts of their victims.
(d) Their own whiteness.

4. What is developed to cure the Jes Grew?
(a) Work camps.
(b) A disinfectant bath.
(c) A cure consisting of pills.
(d) A talking android.

5. What does Ishmael Reed compare Earline to in Chapter 40?
(a) A snake.
(b) A goddness.
(c) An ant.
(d) A mermaid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the real location to which Berbelang take Biff Musclewhite?

2. Who is Suzie Mae?

3. Why does PaPaLaBas say he cannot understand Earline?

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

5. How does Biff Musclewhite explain Charlotte’s confusion about what happened last night?

(see the answer key)

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