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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Stroke of Good Fortune.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “The Train”, what doesn’t the upper sleeping berth have?
(a) Access to the restroom.
(b) A window.
(c) A blanket.
(d) Sheets.

2. In “The Peeler”, what is the yellow-haired boy’s name?
(a) Enoch Emery.
(b) Hazel Motes.
(c) Old Gabriel.
(d) He isn’t given a name.

3. What does the baker accuse the red-haired girl and the blind man of doing in “The Peeler”?
(a) Being an unfit couple.
(b) Stealing his customers.
(c) Breaking the laws.
(d) Heckling him.

4. What has been Mrs. Willerton’s job for over 50 years?
(a) To sweep the kitchen.
(b) To hang the laundry.
(c) To do the dishes.
(d) To crumb the table after a meal.

5. What is the profession of Mrs. Willerton’s main character Lot Motum?
(a) A barber.
(b) An Irish potato farmer.
(c) A locomotive engineer.
(d) A sharecropper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Hazel Wickers expecting to sleep on the train?

2. “The Barber” takes place in which town?

3. How is Rufus connected to Ruby?

4. Who is Madam Zoleeda?

5. The barber calls Rayber what name __________.

(see the answer key)

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