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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Muttsy," "Sweat," "Under the Bridge," and "'Possum or Pig?".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which type of wood is NOT mentioned when Isis watches her grandmother gathering a collection of switches?
(a) Apple.
(b) Peach.
(c) Guana.
(d) Cherry.

2. With which writer did Zora Neale Hurston have a falling-out, according to the text's introduction?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Gertrude Stein.
(c) Langston Hughes.
(d) James Baldwin.

3. The narrator states that no one in John's community had ever traveled farther than which city?
(a) Tupelo.
(b) Jacksonville.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Arlington.

4. The boy at the center of the story "A Bit of Harlem" tells the young woman that he will come back on which holiday?
(a) Christmas Eve.
(b) Christmas Day.
(c) Easter.
(d) Halloween.

5. Who is Mr. Bronner, in relation to Sam within the story "The Conversion of Sam"?
(a) His teacher.
(b) His godfather.
(c) His boss.
(d) His tutor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story entitled "The Conversion of Sam," what type of establishment does Jim own with his wife Mattie?

2. Which character teases Joe about his philandering wife before being chastised by other men in the story "Spunk"?

3. What action do Isis and her brother Joel plan to do to their maternal grandmother before she wakes up and stops them?

4. What term does the narrator of "Black Death" apply to white people?

5. What is NOT something Sam loses each night when he stays out gambling?

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