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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. With what object does Sykes scare his wife Delia in the opening passages of the story entitled "Sweat"?
(a) A bullwhip.
(b) A spider.
(c) A sock.
(d) A knife.

2. In the story entitled "The Conversion of Sam," what type of establishment does Jim own with his wife Mattie?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A nightclub.
(c) A brothel.
(d) A restaurant.

3. What location is the setting of the story entitled "The Country in the Woman"?
(a) Eatonville.
(b) Paris.
(c) Orlanda.
(d) Harlem.

4. What weapon does Caroline bring with her as she follows Oscar to his paramour's house at the end of "She Rock"?
(a) A pistol.
(b) An axe.
(c) A knife.
(d) A scythe.

5. How many stories in total are presented within the collection Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick?
(a) 31.
(b) 15.
(c) 21.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. When Stella asks Jim for a job, she says she had arrived the previous day from which state?

3. The narrator states that no one in John's community had ever traveled farther than which city?

4. Hurston uses the name Babylon as a euphemism for which real city in the story "She Rock," among others?

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

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