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

2. How has the Wallflower Order figured out how to undermine the Jes Grew?
(a) By buying its followers’ loyalty for the Wallflower Order.
(b) By educating people in European philosophy.
(c) By starving it of money and musicians.
(d) By shipping sufferers to Africa.

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

4. What was the result of Pharaoh’s action?
(a) Great rejoicing.
(b) A plague of locusts.
(c) Renewing rain.
(d) A mushroom cloud.

5. Why did the Jes Grew quit?
(a) The sexual revolution had made it unnecessary.
(b) It had reached New York.
(c) It sensed that the Book of Thoth had been burned.
(d) The Wallflower Order had been defeated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Knights Templar lose their function in 1303?

2. What did James Frazer call the Black Mud Sound?

3. How does PaPaLaBas say Osiris’ brother viewed him?

4. What is inside the box?

5. What criticism does Battraville say is leveled against Haitian art?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is gathered at the Irvington-on-Hudson party?

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

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

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

5. What does Battraville say is the difference between VooDoo in America and VooDoo in Haiti?

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

7. Why does Benoit Battraville say that the Americans are the ones to ask about the Jes Grew?

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

9. What does Battraville reveal to PaPaLaBas?

10. Describe the pendant that Hinkle Von Vampton wears around his neck.

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