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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction, "John Redding Goes to Sea," "The Conversion of Sam," and "A Bit of Harlem".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character rails against John's announcement that he intends to join the Navy?
(a) Matty.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Alfred.
(d) Stella.

2. What sort of the malady does the boy at the center of the story "A Bit of Harlem" have?
(a) Scurvy.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) A hunchback.
(d) Asthma.

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

4. In what year was Zora Neale Hurston's famous novel Their Eyes Were Watching God published?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1921.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When John begs for the chance to travel for a number of years, how many years does he mention?

2. Which member of the family disapproves of John's desire to travel?

3. Which unpaid bill leads Mr. Bronner to fire Sam?

4. In the story entitled "The Conversion of Sam," what type of establishment does Jim own with his wife Mattie?

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

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