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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 type of tree do John and Magnolia Flower visit out of nostalgia at the end of "Magnolia Flower"?
(a) Madrona.
(b) Willow.
(c) Palm.
(d) Elm.

2. The overwrought expression of which emotion causes Bentley's death, according to the narrator?
(a) Envy.
(b) Despair.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Rage.

3. What is the last name of the man named Beau who mistreats his woman in the story called "Black Death"?
(a) Blasky.
(b) Cornerstone.
(c) Cartwright.
(d) Diddely.

4. Isis's grandmother allows Isis to go to a hotel with a white couple after they give her how many dollars?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

5. The road that passes in front of Isis's house stretches north toward Sanford, Florida and south toward which city?
(a) Miami.
(b) Orlando.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Jacksonville.

Short Answer Questions

1. Just before Spunk dies, he blames which character for causing his death?

2. In which season does the mother of Beau's lover confront him about the child he has conceived with her daughter?

3. In what year was Zora Neale Hurston's famous novel Their Eyes Were Watching God published?

4. The white woman in the company of Isis at the story's end exclaims aloud that Isis is what emotion "itself," before describing her as "Drenched in Light" (83)?

5. Which character openly cavorts in the street with a married woman at the beginning of the story "Spunk"?

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