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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. The jawbone of what type of animal figures into the storyline of "The Bone of Contention"?
(a) A donkey.
(b) A horse.
(c) A mule.
(d) A dog.

2. What type of tree do John and Magnolia Flower visit out of nostalgia at the end of "Magnolia Flower"?
(a) Elm.
(b) Willow.
(c) Palm.
(d) Madrona.

3. Who orders Isis to get down from the gate post and rake the yard?
(a) Grandma Potts.
(b) Grandma George.
(c) Grandma Jones.
(d) Grandma Watts.

4. Whose favorite place to flirt with married men is the porch outside Joe Clarke's general store?
(a) Delia.
(b) Cora.
(c) Daisy.
(d) Bertha.

5. Near the end of the story "Magnolia Flower," it is stated that John and Magnolia Flower had gotten married how many years before?
(a) 32.
(b) 25.
(c) 60.
(d) 47.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which word meaning 'amen' does Hurston end the story entitled "MonkeyJunk"?

2. The story entitled "Book of Harlem" is about a migrant seeking to leave which part of the United States?

3. Sykes is adamant that he does not want Delia to work for what kinds of people?

4. What is the last name of the man named Beau who mistreats his woman in the story called "Black Death"?

5. The overwrought expression of which emotion causes Bentley's death, according to the narrator?

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