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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Buddy Jackson’s story consist of, when he explains how he became interested in the Book?
(a) Race hatred.
(b) Filial affection.
(c) Discrimination.
(d) Cooperation.

2. Where is Berbelang shot?
(a) In the guts.
(b) In the throat.
(c) In the face.
(d) In the heart.

3. What does Battraville say was the first thing the Marines did in Haiti?
(a) Destroy the libraries.
(b) Take the fetishes from the temples.
(c) Take $60 million from the banks.
(d) Destroy the palaces.

4. Who does Black Herman say is ready to meet with PaPaLaBas in Chapter 42?
(a) The remnants of Berbelang’s gang.
(b) The police.
(c) The directors of the Center for Art Detention.
(d) The visitors in the harbor.

5. How long will it be before Earline is alright after Black Herman’s treatment?
(a) A day.
(b) A few hours.
(c) A few days.
(d) A few minutes.

6. Who learned VooDoo from Moses, according to VooDoo tradition?
(a) Christians.
(b) Israelites.
(c) South Americans.
(d) Syrians.

7. How long does Black Herman’s treatment of Earline last?
(a) A couple of hours.
(b) A couple of days.
(c) A day.
(d) An hour.

8. What does Battraville want to do with the man he is looking for?
(a) Expose him to a new loa.
(b) Feed him to a new loa.
(c) Get him to kill a new loa.
(d) Sacrifice him to a new loa.

9. What is PaPaLaBas’ explanation for Abdul Hamid’s decision to burn the Book?
(a) It exposed him too much power.
(b) He couldn’t live with the beauty it showed him.
(c) It wasn’t as impressive as everyone hoped.
(d) He thought he would be killed.

10. WhenPaPaLaBas and T Malice encounter the bum outside the Mumbo Jumbo Kathedral, what does the bum say made him so ragged?
(a) He said a bird spoke to him.
(b) He heard men reading from the Book.
(c) He said the words at the Plantation Club.
(d) He read from the Book.

11. What did the Knights Templars do to raise their standing?
(a) Saved the second crusade.
(b) Protected the crusaders.
(c) Assimilated Islam’s secrets.
(d) Defeated the first crusade.

12. To what does Battraville compare feeding the loas?
(a) Publishing black poetry.
(b) Selling bootleg liquor.
(c) Supporting jazz musicians.
(d) Smashing jazz records.

13. Why does Biff Musclewhite say he had to kill Charlotte?
(a) She was out of her mind.
(b) She was going to kill herself.
(c) She was trying to get away.
(d) She had a gun.

14. Who is Battraville looking for in America?
(a) Hinkle Von Vampton.
(b) PaPaLaBas.
(c) Biff Musclewhite.
(d) Abdul Hamid.

15. What miracle did Osiris perform?
(a) He brought rain to dry land.
(b) He multiplied the amount of grain the land could produce.
(c) He made the earth swallow an invading army.
(d) He got the vines to follow his dancing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Jes Grew quit?

2. Who does Hinkle Von Vampton think will be a good Talking Android?

3. What language has Abdul Hamid translated the Book into?

4. What note does Mumbo Jumbo end on?

5. What does Moses do at Mt. Horeb?

(see the answer keys)

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