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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of people did Langston Hughes say were popular during the time period of the book?
(a) People who sampled different cultures.
(b) People who drank and smoked liberally.
(c) People who had been to Africa.
(d) People who exercised strict restraint.

2. Why does Earline say Berbelang left the Mumbo Jumbo Kathedral?
(a) Because of PaPaLaBas’ conspiracy theory.
(b) Because of his attraction for her.
(c) Because of PapaLaBas's restlessness.
(d) Because of PaPaLaBas’ strictness.

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

4. Who is surrounded in Haiti, according to the headline the Robber Baron reads?
(a) The President.
(b) The Marines.
(c) The voodoo generals.
(d) The slave leaders.

5. What is an August ham?
(a) A woman's dress.
(b) A watermelon.
(c) A hat.
(d) A drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does PaPaLaBas say men will turn to before the end of the century?

2. What caused New Jersey youths to be fired from their job?

3. Why does Reed say the Atonists relish Death?

4. To whom do the Knights Templar answer?

5. What would happen if the guarded ‘booty’ got into the ‘wrong hands’?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the Mayor of New Orleans responds to the Jes Grew outbreak?

2. What affliction is PaPaLaBas trying to relieve the blacks of in North America?

3. Why is Biff Musclewhite needed for the Mu’tafikah’s break-in at the Center for Art Detention?

4. What is Mumbo Jumbo’s relationship with history?

5. What does the Jes Grew want?

6. What is the meaning when Safecracker Gould says that “the dances were difficult to write down” (p. 103)?

7. How does Biff Musclewhite free himself after the heist?

8. What does Reed say the Jes Grew is seeking?

9. Describe Buddy Jackson’s cabaret.

10. What changes does Peter Pick recommend for the Plantation House scene?

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