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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the ghost in Randall's house do with the plate of food Randall makes for him?
(a) Gives it to the ghost sitting next to him.
(b) Throws it across the room.
(c) Eats it ravenously.
(d) Seems to admire it but does not eat it.

2. What book concerning Egypt did Randall read in high school?
(a) The Hamlet.
(b) Infidel.
(c) In Search of Identity.
(d) Solider.

3. How old is Mandy in the story Mamiwata?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

4. Where was Siddiq's father going the first time Randall met him?
(a) To the bank.
(b) To dinner at the White House.
(c) Rushing to the airport.
(d) A meeting at the Saudi embassy.

5. Where does Siddiq go for the summer?
(a) Raleigh.
(b) Topsail Island.
(c) Newport.
(d) The Outher Banks.

6. Who is Tamar's girlfriend?
(a) Diane.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Lilith.
(d) Bennie.

7. How does Mandy walk in the story Mamiwata?
(a) In a carefree way.
(b) She does not walk, she always runs.
(c) Like a fawn.
(d) Heavily, like a soldier.

8. What does Randall see in the barn one night that startles and confounds him?
(a) A collection of books.
(b) Images of several dead Black people.
(c) Many horses.
(d) The ghost of his mother.

9. Who did Randall's editor once work for in Japan after the war?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) Churchill.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) MacArthur.

10. What does Mandy's Aunt Inez grow in a pot?
(a) Rosemary.
(b) Thyme.
(c) Spearmint.
(d) Basil.

11. What is Velmajean's second "miracle"?
(a) Feeding hundreds of men with very little food.
(b) Making a blind person see.
(c) Walking on water.
(d) Raising someone from the dead.

12. Who did Alexa marry?
(a) Alexander.
(b) Siddiq.
(c) Winston.
(d) Randall.

13. What is Gloria Brown very good at?
(a) Giving advice.
(b) Budgeting.
(c) Listening.
(d) Deception.

14. What does Aunt Inez tell Mandy they always have to be ready to do?
(a) Sing.
(b) Fight.
(c) Run.
(d) Eat.

15. Who was Randall's first editor?
(a) Beth Hendry.
(b) Winnifred Jensen.
(c) Agnes Van Horne.
(d) Lena Stalingworth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Velmajean in the second ending?

2. Where was Randall's first job out of college?

3. What does Uncle Pharaoh say to Mandy when she tells him she caught the catfish?

4. What does Ron see in Randall's bathroom during the reunion?

5. What does Gloria's daughter do for a living?

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