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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 does Randall drink at the reunion with his friends?

2. What does the man in the river give to Mandy that she takes back to camp?

3. What does Gloria Brown do for a living?

4. Who arrives late to the dinner party that Randall is throwing?

5. What happens to the stranger from the grocery store parking lot in the third ending?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Percy Terrell think might be the real explanation for the fact that no one else seems to be able to see the hog?

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

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

4. Why does Randall seem to feel unsure Siddiq will come back once he leaves on a work trip?

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

6. What does Gloria Brown dream of in the Story Ezekiel Saw the Wheel?

7. What is one skill Randall likes to use and sometimes show off for friends?

8. 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?

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

10. What is Percy Terrell dreaming about when he is rudely awoken in the story Now Why Come is That?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Kenan writes several different endings in the story The Acts of Velmajean Swearington Hoyt and the New City of God, and why do you think he uses this approach with this particular story? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How would you describe the public's perception of the "miracles" that Velmajean performs, and which character or characters seems to stand the gain the most from the promotion of these miracles? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What do Randall's culinary skills, and the food he cooks for his friends, symbolize in the story Resurrection Hardware or, Lard and Promises? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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