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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. Who is Tamar's girlfriend?
2. What does the man in the supermarket parking lot say to Velmajean right before he leaves?
3. Where did Randall live in his first year of college?
4. What does Aunt Inez tell Mandy they always have to be ready to do?
5. What had the man who Gloria meets with in the story Ezekiel Saw the Wheel been doing when his wife died?
Short Essay Questions
1. What grates on Percy Terrell's nerves about the hog in the very beginning of the story Now Why Come is That?
2. What is one skill Randall likes to use and sometimes show off for friends?
3. What does Pharaoh say when Mandy tells him and the others about Mamiwata?
4. Who tries to warn Velmajean that her pastor, Pastor Spike, might not have her best interests at heart?
5. Why is Percy Terrell so happy to see pig poop on his carpet?
6. What does Mamiwata give to Mandy and what is extraordinary about this gift?
7. What is unusual about Kenan's story The Acts of Velmajean Swearington Hoyt and the New City of God in terms of its structure?
8. Who is Lilith and what does Gloria Brown think of Lilith?
9. Who does Randall begin to realize the ghosts he sees around his land and in his house were as living people?
10. Why does Gloria Brown particularly worry about the safety of her daughter Tamar?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the appearance and persistence of the hog in the story Now Why Come That Is change the character Percy Terrell radically from the beginning of the story to the end? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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
Who does Kenan seem to want the reader to believe the mysterious man in the river in Mamiwata is? How does Kenan employ elements of the supernatural in this story? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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