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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4 (Chapters 18-26).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Ishmael Reed credit with developing the “grapevine telegraph?
(a) Warren G. Harding.
(b) Booker T. Washington.
(c) Charlie Parker.
(d) Louis Armstrong.

2. Who is Schlitz?
(a) A pimp.
(b) A banker.
(c) A merchant.
(d) A policeman.

3. What makes Hinkle Von Vampton’s boss think that he is losing his marbles?
(a) He shows up drunk to work.
(b) He leaves a headline in the past tense.
(c) He misses every deadline for a month.
(d) His articles are filled with errors.

4. Where are the Mu’tafikah sending their loot?
(a) To Australia.
(b) To South America.
(c) To Asia.
(d) To Africa.

5. Why does PaPaLaBas say he cannot understand Earline?
(a) She uses too much slang.
(b) She never finishes her sentences.
(c) She does not speak English.
(d) She is always whispering.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Reed characterize the outbreak of Jes Grew?

2. Where does Hinkle Von Vampton work?

3. What are Berbelang and the other Mu’tafikah drinking?

4. Where does the Jes Grew aim to settle?

5. Where is Woodrow Wilson Jefferson going, in Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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