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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Country in the Woman," "The Gilded Six-Bits," "She Rock," and "The Fire and the Cloud".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the story entitled "Sweat," what does Delia Jones do for a living?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Wash-woman.
(c) Waitress.
(d) Nurse.

2. Moses answers the creature's concern about his abandoned object by stating that which character will be sure to retrieve it for him?
(a) Joshua.
(b) Job.
(c) Solomon.
(d) Judas.

3. Which character in "Black Death" is identified as the local "conjure man" (101)?
(a) Old Man Morgan.
(b) Elijah.
(c) John.
(d) Spunk.

4. As depicted in "The Bone of Contention," men living in Eatonville gather at Joe Clarke's store to socialize, though they use what errand as an excuse?
(a) Buying milk.
(b) Buying butter.
(c) Buying nightcrawlers.
(d) Waiting for the mail.

5. Which character tells Lilya that she will someday be able to use a certain object to prove that she "had once had the world in a jug" (195)?
(a) Bill.
(b) Old Man Anderson.
(c) John.
(d) Sykes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many stories in total are presented within the collection Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick?

2. Which group holds a carnival attended by Isis in the story "Drenched in Light"?

3. What type of tree do John and Magnolia Flower visit out of nostalgia at the end of "Magnolia Flower"?

4. To whom does the creature named Tippy belong?

5. The narrator states that things in Eatonville were very simple "in the good old days before" (172) which historical event?

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