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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 inscription is embroidered on the flag that hangs from the ceiling of the stateroom on the black freighter?
(a) Upward.
(b) Blood, pain, excrement.
(c) Progress.
(d) Blood and visions.

2. What happened when Moses played the music he learned at the Temple?
(a) They danced.
(b) The army interrupted the concert.
(c) People's ears bled.
(d) Moses' fingers bled.

3. What does Earline’s scarf turn into, when Black Herman throws it on the floor?
(a) A book.
(b) A snake.
(c) A rope.
(d) A dress.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hinkle Von Vampton need Nathan Brown to write for the Benign Monster?

2. How does Reed describe the interior of the black freighter?

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

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

5. Why does Abdul Hamid say he burned the Book of Thoth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Moses read the Work to the people?

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

3. How is Moses’ concert received?

4. What is PaPaLaBas’ explanation for Abdul Hamid’s action?

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

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

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

8. What does Abdul Hamid’s letter to PaPaLaBas say about the Book?

9. What does Battraville say haunts White culture?

10. What request does Earline make to PaPaLaBas?

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