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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the outcome of the trial of the Wallflower Order?

2. What are the Teutonic knights protecting?

3. Who is Schlitz?

4. Where do Berbelang and his gang take Biff Musclewhite?

5. What does Safecracker Gould say Major Young would be doing ‘if he were a real black man’?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the Mu’tafikah’s plan?

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

5. Why is Thor distrusted?

6. Describe the interview between Hinkle Von Vampton and Abdul Hamid.

7. Describe the trolley car driver’s strange experience on account of the black freighter.

8. What is Warren G. Harding’s role in Mumbo Jumbo?

9. What accusation does Yellow Jack make to Berbelang?

10. Why does Woodrow Wilson Jefferson leave for New York?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an evaluative review of Mumbo Jumbo. What is this book’s place in culture? What are its uses? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 2

Would you recommend Mumbo Jumbo? For what purposes would you recommend Mumbo Jumbo, and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate your own reading of Mumbo Jumbo—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

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