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1. Where is Mumbo Jumbo set?

New York.

2. Where is Zuzu when the reader meets her?

On the Mayor’s knee.

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

The infirmary.

4. What is the only cure for the Jes Grew?

Sleep.

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

1890s.

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

The end of civilization.

7. Who does James Weldon Johnson say the Jes Grew belongs to?

Nobody.

8. How does Reed characterize the outbreak of Jes Grew?

Sporadic.

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