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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. When Sam asks Stella if she can get off work to go somewhere with him, to what location does he invite her?
(a) To the park.
(b) To the ice cream parlor.
(c) To the fair.
(d) To the movies.

2. What adjective does Isis's grandmother apply to Isis while warning her to stop sitting atop the gate post?
(a) Old.
(b) Tomboyish.
(c) Womanish.
(d) Adult.

3. The boy at the center of the story "A Bit of Harlem" tells the young woman that he will come back on which holiday?
(a) Easter.
(b) Christmas Day.
(c) Christmas Eve.
(d) Halloween.

4. The opening and closing frames of the story "Magnolia Flower" consist of conversations between which two bodies of water?
(a) A river and a brook.
(b) A river and a pond.
(c) A river and a reservoir.
(d) A river and a lake.

5. Every story in the collection Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick belongs to which literary movement?
(a) The Harlem Renaissance.
(b) Surrealism.
(c) Romanticism.
(d) Transcendentalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action do Isis and her brother Joel plan to do to their maternal grandmother before she wakes up and stops them?

2. What action does Isis take when a member of her family catches her dancing at the carnival?

3. An accident with which object brings an end to Spunk's life?

4. Which type of wood is NOT mentioned when Isis watches her grandmother gathering a collection of switches?

5. Stella is badly injured during an encounter with what type of vehicle?

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