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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Reed say the Book gave to Hugues de Payens?
(a) All the old dance moves.
(b) The worst of itself.
(c) The sacred spirit.
(d) Recipes for virtue.

6. What news does T Malice bring?
(a) That the Jes Grew has reached New York.
(b) That the Jes Grew has quit.
(c) That the Jes Grew has spread to Asia.
(d) That the Jes Grew has changed.

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

8. How does PaPaLaBas characterize Egypt’s rule under Osiris?
(a) There was famine and drought.
(b) People left for neighboring countries.
(c) There was war and contention.
(d) People prospered.

9. What is depicted on the pendant Hinkle Von Vampton wears in the photo in the New York Sun?
(a) A snake winding around the base of a tree.
(b) A king on a throne.
(c) Two knights on one horse.
(d) A horse with wings.

10. How does Reed describe the interior of the black freighter?
(a) Classical.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Immaculate.
(d) Tugboat shabby.

11. What did Pharaoh do to quiet the crowd?
(a) Invented a new song.
(b) Did Osiris’ dance.
(c) Sang Jethro’s songs.
(d) Read from Isis’ book.

12. What does PaPaLaBas compare a head to, in his tradition?
(a) The mind of God.
(b) The earth.
(c) The universe.
(d) A temple.

13. Who does Hinkle Von Vampton think will be a good Talking Android?
(a) Safecracker Gould.
(b) Berbelang.
(c) PaPaLaBas.
(d) Woodrow Wilson Jefferson.

14. What tradition does PaPaLaBas say Osiris began?
(a) Ruling and offering tribute.
(b) Singing and dancing.
(c) Planting and harvesting.
(d) Reading and writing.

15. How did Moses’ mother cry when the looting and rioting was going on?
(a) Viscerally, wildly.
(b) Softly, distractedly.
(c) Laughingly.
(d) Quietly, with restraint.

Short Answer Questions

1. What modern figure does PaPaLaBas say Isis corresponds to?

2. WhenPaPaLaBas and T Malice encounter the bum outside the Mumbo Jumbo Kathedral, what does the bum say made him so ragged?

3. How has the Wallflower Order figured out how to undermine the Jes Grew?

4. What was the result of Pharaoh’s action?

5. What does Earline’s scarf turn into, when Black Herman throws it on the floor?

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