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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 Stella died later that night.
(c) That Stella and Sam went on to have four children.
(d) That Sam never gambled again.

2. By what percentage does Jim and Mattie's business grow after Stella becomes their employee?
(a) 25.
(b) 100.
(c) 75.
(d) 50.

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

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

5. In which season does John marry Stella?
(a) Fall.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way is Alfred related to John?

2. The narrator reveals that the people in Sam's community view him as a what?

3. When Sam asks Stella if she can get off work to go somewhere with him, to what location does he invite her?

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

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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