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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6 (Chapters 31-41).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of food is served at Buddy Jackson’s cabaret?
(a) American.
(b) Thai.
(c) Indonesian.
(d) African.

2. Who is Suzie Mae?
(a) Biff Musclewhite’s lover.
(b) Berbelang’s secretary.
(c) Hinkle Von Vampton’s masseuse.
(d) Charlotte's maid.

3. Where did the Mu’tafikah meet, to begin their work of repatriating idols?
(a) In jail.
(b) In a Marxist meeting.
(c) In a jazz club.
(d) In an art history class.

4. What does Yellow Jack say to make Berbelang angry?
(a) That American blacks are docile.
(b) That American blacks are voilent.
(c) That American blacks have been corrupted by industrialism.
(d) That American blacks are indifferent to suffering.

5. What does the Robber Baron examine in Chapter 9?
(a) A gold watch.
(b) An African fetish.
(c) A dollar bill.
(d) A book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Black Herman give PaPaLaBas?

2. What is the “Loa that Jes Grew here in America among our people” (p. 128)?

3. What is the Mu’tafikahs’ plan in returning the gods?

4. What threat does Hinkle Von Vampton hold over Nathan Brown?

5. What kind of people did Langston Hughes say were popular during the time period of the book?

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