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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. In what kind of object does Sykes usually keep the snake he brings home in "Sweat"?
(a) A cage.
(b) A coffin.
(c) A soap box.
(d) A bucket.

2. For how many years have Delia and Sykes been married by the opening of the story "Sweat"?
(a) 4.
(b) 9.
(c) 24.
(d) 15.

3. In which season does the mother of Beau's lover confront him about the child he has conceived with her daughter?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

4. The narrator reveals that the people in Sam's community view him as a what?
(a) A psychologist.
(b) A gossip.
(c) A fool.
(d) A comedian.

5. Which character teases Joe about his philandering wife before being chastised by other men in the story "Spunk"?
(a) Walter.
(b) Jordan.
(c) Spunk.
(d) Elijah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Isis's grandmother allows Isis to go to a hotel with a white couple after they give her how many dollars?

2. Bentley treats everyone in his life abominably with the exception of which character?

3. The boy at the center of the story "A Bit of Harlem" tells the young woman that he will come back on which holiday?

4. To whom does Muttsy declare his singular devotion in the story named after him?

5. The local conjure man depicted in "Black Death" lives next to what kind of body of water called Blue Sink?

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