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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. What does the final line of the story "The Conversion of Sam" reveal?
(a) That Sam eventually became the foreman at the mill.
(b) That Sam never gambled again.
(c) That Stella died later that night.
(d) That Stella and Sam went on to have four children.

2. Stella is badly injured during an encounter with what type of vehicle?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A carriage.
(c) A motorcycle.
(d) A car.

3. With which writer did Zora Neale Hurston have a falling-out, according to the text's introduction?
(a) Langston Hughes.
(b) Gertrude Stein.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) James Baldwin.

4. How many of the stories in the collection have never before been presented to a modern audience?
(a) 2.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

5. What kind of a pet does Sam have in the story "The Conversion of Sam"?
(a) A fish.
(b) A cat.
(c) A dog.
(d) A bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of the malady does the boy at the center of the story "A Bit of Harlem" have?

2. Which character ultimately decides to allow John's body to float down the river once it is obvious that he is dead?

3. Before the discovery of a number of stories focused on urban environments, how many such stories by Zora Neale Hurston were previously thought to exist?

4. John agrees to help save what type of structure in the face of an approaching storm?

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

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