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

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

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

4. What happens to the man from the grocery store parking lot in the first ending?
(a) He disappears in a cloud of smoke.
(b) He is shot in the shoulder.
(c) He is strangled by a security guard.
(d) He stabs himself.

5. What does the man in the supermarket parking lot say to Velmajean right before he leaves?
(a) His wonders to behold.
(b) A mile to go before you sleep.
(c) You better use these powers wisely.
(d) Blessed are you for you are the lamb.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Alexa marry?

3. What had the man who Gloria meets with in the story Ezekiel Saw the Wheel been doing when his wife died?

4. What does the man from the grocery store parking lot say to Velmajean about her powers in the first three of the four endings?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gloria Brown particularly worry about the safety of her daughter Tamar?

2. What is unusual about Kenan's story The Acts of Velmajean Swearington Hoyt and the New City of God in terms of its structure?

3. How does Velmajean's pastor, Spike Eggleston, react to her new and supposedly miraculous powers?

4. What grates on Percy Terrell's nerves about the hog in the very beginning of the story Now Why Come is That?

5. In the story Resurrection Hardware or, Lard and Promises, what happens when Randall has a group of friends over that makes the presence of the ghosts in Randall's house clear?

6. Why is Percy Terrell so happy to see pig poop on his carpet?

7. Why is Mandy camping out in the woods with the adults in the story Mamiwata?

8. What does Gloria Brown do for a living, and what has she learned about dealing with customers?

9. What does Mamiwata give to Mandy and what is extraordinary about this gift?

10. How does Velmajean Swearington Hoyt appear to get her miraculous powers in the story The Acts of Velmajean Swearington Hoyt and the New City of God?

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