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

2. Who is Suzie Mae?
(a) Biff Musclewhite’s lover.
(b) Hinkle Von Vampton’s masseuse.
(c) Berbelang’s secretary.
(d) Charlotte's maid.

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

4. What are labanotations?
(a) Notations to record the inflections of spoken language.
(b) A system for recording gestures in dance.
(c) Hieroglyphics from ancient Africa.
(d) Detectives’ notes about suspects’ movements.

5. What image does Berbelang use to symbolize the gods Shango, Shiva and Quetzalcoatl?
(a) A proud cock.
(b) A ruthless eagle.
(c) A bitter stream.
(d) An angry snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Schlitz’ relationship with Buddy Jackson?

2. How does James Weldon Johnson justify cannibalism in Haiti?

3. Where is Mumbo Jumbo set?

4. What do Hinkle Von Vampton and Safecracker Gould learn about the anthology?

5. What kind of people did Langston Hughes say were popular during the time period of the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Black Herman cure Earline of the possession by the scent of the lavender from the Black Plume?

3. What is Hinkle Von Vampton’s strategy for eliminating the Jes Grew?

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

5. What does Berbelang say is the guilt Faust carries with him?

6. Why is Thor distrusted?

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

8. What does the Jes Grew want?

9. What accusation does Yellow Jack make to Berbelang?

10. What predicament does Charlotte find herself in with regard to Biff Musclewhite?

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