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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 do the children accuse Safecracker Gould of doing?
(a) Misleading them.
(b) Stealing their slang.
(c) Beating them.
(d) Stealing their homework.

2. What did James Frazer call the Black Mud Sound?
(a) Intellectual and rarefied.
(b) Earthy and sensual.
(c) Vulgar and offensive.
(d) Lewd and profligate.

3. Why does PaPaLaBas say that Osiris had to record his dance?
(a) To take power.
(b) To assuage the gods.
(c) To feed her brother.
(d) To feed the spirits.

4. How does Reed characterize the Knights Templar when they were founded?
(a) Choir boys.
(b) Bully boys.
(c) Sissy boys.
(d) Mama's boys.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the Knights Templar were slain in 1307?

2. Why does Black Herman succeed where PaPaLaBas failed?

3. Who does Black Herman say is ready to meet with PaPaLaBas in Chapter 42?

4. How does Battraville describe the whites’ war against Haiti?

5. What advice does Black Herman give PaPaLaBas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the meaning of the chart inserted in the historical account leading up to Hinkle Von Vampton and Safecracker Gould’s arrest?

2. Describe the scene of PaPaLaBas and Black Herman’s arrival at the party.

3. What caused 50,000 Templars to be murdered in 1307?

4. Describe Woodrow Wilson Jefferson’s departure for home.

5. How are Hank Rollings’ objections to Hinkle Von Vampton and Safecracker Gould’s arrest get resolved?

6. What does Isis want from Moses?

7. How is Moses’ concert received?

8. What request does Earline make to PaPaLaBas?

9. What is PaPaLaBas’ explanation of Earline’s seduction of the trolley car driver?

10. What solution does Mr. Mellon propose for containing the Jes Grew?

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