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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 "Seventh Street".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author visually contrast with the whitewashed streets of Washington in "Seventh Street"?
(a) Rum.
(b) Black skin.
(c) Tar.
(d) Blood.

2. After her first baby was born, how did the townspeople react towards Becky?
(a) They offered assistance to Becky.
(b) They shunned Becky.
(c) They threw Becky a baby shower.
(d) They adopted the child.

3. How do the men in Fern's city feel about her after the narrator begins to pay her attention?
(a) They want to possess her.
(b) They want to run her out of town.
(c) They want to marry her.
(d) They want to protect her.

4. How does Fern feel about the townspeople gossiping about her?
(a) She relishes in it.
(b) She is embarrassed by it.
(c) She is indifferent.
(d) She is angry.

5. What happens to the speaker and Fern when they are together in the cornfield?
(a) They make love.
(b) Fern begins to undress.
(c) Fern faints and begins to convulse.
(d) The speaker attacks Fern as the townspeople look on.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Becky's house?

2. What information does a towns person divulge to the narrator upon first sight of Fern?

3. How does Esther think that men feel about her?

4. How many sons did Becky have?

5. Who lives on Seventh Street?

(see the answer key)

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