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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 think of in the very end of the story Resurrection Hardware or, Lard and Promises?
2. What does Randall drink at the reunion with his friends?
3. What book concerning Egypt did Randall read in high school?
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. What is unusual about Kenan's story The Acts of Velmajean Swearington Hoyt and the New City of God in terms of its structure?
2. What does Gloria Brown do for a living, and what has she learned about dealing with customers?
3. What does Pharaoh say when Mandy tells him and the others about Mamiwata?
4. Where was Percy and what was he doing when he first saw the hog?
5. How does Velmajean's pastor, Spike Eggleston, react to her new and supposedly miraculous powers?
6. Who does Randall begin to realize the ghosts he sees around his land and in his house were as living people?
7. What is Gloria Brown very good at, according to the story's narrator?
8. Why does Gloria Brown particularly worry about the safety of her daughter Tamar?
9. Why does Randall seem to feel unsure Siddiq will come back once he leaves on a work trip?
10. What is one skill Randall likes to use and sometimes show off for friends?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Kenan communicate what Gloria Brown's feelings about her daughter Tamar's homosexuality are? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Why is Inez Cross Chasten so insulted by Howard Hughes's offer to cook for him in The Eternal Glory That is Ham Hocks, and why do you think she really turns the billionaire down? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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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