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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Drenched in Light," "Spunk," "Magnolia Flower," "Black Death," and "The Bone of Contention".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Stella asks Jim for a job, she says she had arrived the previous day from which state?
(a) Vermont.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Florida.
(d) Virginia.

2. Which character ultimately decides to allow John's body to float down the river once it is obvious that he is dead?
(a) Matty.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Alfred.
(d) Stella.

3. What is the last name of Isis, the protagonist of the story "Drenched in Light"?
(a) Potts.
(b) Kanty.
(c) Watts.
(d) Johnson.

4. How old is Sam when he falls back into his addiction to gambling?
(a) 19.
(b) 25.
(c) 31.
(d) 21.

5. John agrees to help save what type of structure in the face of an approaching storm?
(a) A train platform.
(b) A water tower.
(c) A bridge.
(d) A bus depot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr. Bronner, in relation to Sam within the story "The Conversion of Sam"?

2. What type of body of water lies 300 feet beyond the door of John's family home?

3. In what type of vehicle is Isis nearly transported safely past her family's home?

4. At the start of the story "John Redding Goes to Sea," for how many years have Matty and Alfred been married?

5. What gesture does Isis make that serves to "heap kindling on" her grandmother's "already burning ire" (75)?

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