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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About which city does the pianist at Frenchy’s sing?
(a) Memphis.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Nashville.

2. In which of the following does Maryse report having met Nana Jean?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Houston.

3. Which of the following do Maryse, Chef, and Sadie watch Molly dissect?
(a) A leg.
(b) A head.
(c) A tail.
(d) An arm.

4. Which of the following is the source for the notation describing the Shout In This Field We Must Die?
(a) Henrietta Lacks.
(b) Henrietta Davis.
(c) Benjamin Davis.
(d) Benjamin Lacks.

5. In what Macon neighborhood do Maryse, Chef, and Sadie reside?
(a) Pleasant Hill.
(b) Mercer.
(c) Payne.
(d) Rose Hill.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following does Two begin?

2. From where comes the whiskey Maryse, Chef, and Sadie find in Macon?

3. In what year does the main action of the novel occur?

4. Which of the following streets carries streetcars in the novel?

5. Which of the following is the eldest of Molly’s assistants?

Short Essay Questions

1. What purpose do the bottles on Nana Jean’s tree reportedly serve?

2. What ingredients go into Mama’s Water?

3. To what is Chef’s nickname ascribed?

4. What does Butcher Clyde note is his “grand plan”?

5. What components of the Klan gathering in Macon does Maryse note?

6. For what purpose does the novel assert Birth of a Nation was made?

7. How does Maryse know that the three Aunties are not human?

8. How does Maryse’s first fight against Butcher Clyde, in dream, go for her?

9. What attire does Maryse note preferring, and why?

10. Why does Nana Jean oppose killing Klan members, as opposed to Ku Kluxers?

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