2. How long do Berbelang and the other Mu’tafikah have before their “performance”?
(a) A few months.
(b) A few hours.
(c) A few weeks.
(d) A few days.

3. Whom does Biff Musclewhite say Thor reminds him of?
(a) A man he killed in the war.
(b) His old boss.
(c) His father.
(d) Himself.

4. What does Hinkle Von Vampton ask Biff Musclewhite to do for him?
(a) Open a safe.
(b) Cure the Jes Grew.
(c) Find the anthology.
(d) Remove a corpse.

5. When Earline starts to discuss the Jes Grew, what does Berbelang do to interrupt her?
(a) His her.
(b) Caress and kiss her.
(c) Walk out.
(d) Change the topic.

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

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

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

9. Who is providing Berbelang’s gang with supplies and equipment?
(a) Biff Musclewhite.
(b) Buddy Jackson.
(c) PaPaLaBas.
(d) Hinkle Von Vampton.

10. What does Berbelang say haunts Faust?
(a) The guilt over the money he took from peasants.
(b) The dread of the afterlife.
(c) The agony of having sold his soul to the devil.
(d) The knowledge that he is not really powerful.

11. Where is Jes Grew worst?
(a) The American south.
(b) The American cities.
(c) The American west.
(d) The American northwest.

12. What does Biff Musclewhite reminisce about, with Charlotte?
(a) The Depression.
(b) The Spanish-American war.
(c) WW II.
(d) WW I.

13. Where is Mumbo Jumbo set?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

14. What does Safecracker Gould say Major Young would be doing ‘if he were a real black man’?
(a) Shooting officials.
(b) Spreading the gospel of Voodoo.
(c) Working for the vote.
(d) Organizing the workers.

15. Where do Hinkle Von Vampton and Safecracker Gould look for the anthology that contains the Jes Grew?
(a) Earline.
(b) PaPaLaBas.
(c) Berbelang.
(d) Abdul Hamid.