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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Reverend Eggleston tell Velmajean when she asks if he has any idea why she was bestowed with the powers she has?
(a) The Lord works in mysterious ways.
(b) Because she has money.
(c) Because she is virtous.
(d) It is just random.

2. What does Gloria's daughter do for a living?
(a) She is a helicopter pilot.
(b) She is a policewoman.
(c) She is an accountant.
(d) She is a baker.

3. Who was Velmajean's husband?
(a) Raymond Hoyt.
(b) Marshall Hoyt.
(c) Lenny Hoyt.
(d) Parker Hoyt.

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

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

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

7. What happens to the stranger from the grocery store parking lot in the third ending?
(a) He is fatally shot.
(b) He disappears in a cloud of smoke.
(c) Security guards hold him down waiting for police to arrive.
(d) He is fatally stabbed.

8. What does Uncle Pharaoh say to Mandy when she tells him she caught the catfish?
(a) He tells her to stop fishing.
(b) He tells her she did a good job.
(c) He asks her why she lies to him.
(d) He tells her to get more like it.

9. Who is Gloria's new pastor?
(a) Reverend Eggleston.
(b) Reverend Deere.
(c) Reverend Wilton.
(d) Reverend Barden.

10. What is the significance Randall remembers about periwinkle?
(a) It was used in magical ceremonies.
(b) It was used to mark the graves of the enslaved to keep the ground clear of everything else.
(c) It was used as a sign for peace.
(d) It was used as a sign for forgiveness.

11. Why does Velmajean end up liking Eggleston's church?
(a) Because of how the people there have already heard of her.
(b) Because of the people there.
(c) Because of how it validates all her feelings about faith.
(d) Because of how it pays its congregants.

12. What is Randall's relationship to Inder?
(a) They are uncle and nephew.
(b) They are ex-lovers and current friends.
(c) They are brothers.
(d) They are cousins.

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

14. Where does Randall volunteer in the story Resurrection Hardware or, Lard and Promises?
(a) Settlement House.
(b) The Sound Stage.
(c) The Reinhardt Theater.
(d) The YMCA.

15. What does the man from the grocery store parking lot say to Velmajean in the fourth ending?
(a) Scene.
(b) Go back to where you came from.
(c) It was not meant to be like this.
(d) You are evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Randall cook for the reunion with his friends?

2. What is the name of Alexa's new book she is working on?

3. What does Randall think of in the very end of the story Resurrection Hardware or, Lard and Promises?

4. What does Aunt Inez tell Mandy not to do?

5. When is the first time Velmajean begins to feel afraid rather than blessed?

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