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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Robber Baron examine in Chapter 9?
(a) A book.
(b) An African fetish.
(c) A gold watch.
(d) A dollar bill.

2. What does Reed say is America’s astrological rising sign?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Gemini.
(c) Taurus.
(d) Gemini.

3. Who does James Weldon Johnson say the Jes Grew belongs to?
(a) Slaves and ex-slaves.
(b) All blacks.
(c) Africans.
(d) Nobody.

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

5. What does Yellow Jack say to make Berbelang angry?
(a) That American blacks have been corrupted by industrialism.
(b) That American blacks are indifferent to suffering.
(c) That American blacks are voilent.
(d) That American blacks are docile.

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

7. Why is Hinkle Von Vampton fired?
(a) For inaccuracies in his report on the Haitian invasion.
(b) For giving the Haitian invasion a headline.
(c) For submitting to the Haitian invasion.
(d) For failing to report on the Haitian invasion.

8. How is African-American painting described in the newspaper?
(a) Radical.
(b) Primitive.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Sophisticated.

9. What does Earline say PaPaLaBas mixes concrete events with?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Warfare.
(c) Religion.
(d) Politics.

10. What does Reed say the Teutonic Knights do instead of raiding the Temples of Heathens?
(a) Spill their blood.
(b) Pollute their alters.
(c) Demand tribute.
(d) Enact their blood.

11. What was the outcome of the trial of the Wallflower Order?
(a) They were convicted of betraying their culture.
(b) They were disgraced.
(c) They were installed as guards of the territories.
(d) They were condemned.

12. How will Berbelang get the Olmec head?
(a) He is going to buy it.
(b) He will have to go back to steal it another night.
(c) By ransoming Biff Musclewhite.
(d) He is not going to steal it, in the end.

13. Where do Berbelang and his compatriots get their equipment from?
(a) A theater.
(b) A police station.
(c) A construction site.
(d) A moving company.

14. Why does Reed say the Atonists relish Death?
(a) Because then they can sleep without dancing.
(b) Because then they can forget their ingratitude about the world
(c) Because then they will not be expected to work any more.
(d) Because they find bodies so itchy and fascinating.

15. How does Biff Musclewhite characterize America?
(a) A ditch filled with dead Indians.
(b) A cheap liar.
(c) A stolen trinket.
(d) A castle built on money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Reed say JesGrewers came to America?

2. Where does the Jes Grew aim to settle?

3. What does the Atonist Order require of the newspapers?

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

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

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