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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Drenched in Light," "Spunk," "Magnolia Flower," "Black Death," and "The Bone of Contention".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What objects does John like to place in the water near his home in order to pretend he is following them?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Twigs.
(c) Crickets.
(d) Paper boats.

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

3. Bentley treats everyone in his life abominably with the exception of which character?
(a) Joe Clarke.
(b) John.
(c) Magnolia Flower.
(d) Swift Deer.

4. 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?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

5. What object belonging to her grandmother does Isis use as a festive outfit for dancing at the carnival?
(a) A tablecloth.
(b) A curtain.
(c) A towel.
(d) A rug.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What adjective does Isis's grandmother apply to Isis while warning her to stop sitting atop the gate post?

4. Every story in the collection Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick belongs to which literary movement?

5. Which character teases Joe about his philandering wife before being chastised by other men in the story "Spunk"?

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