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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. Which member of the family featured in "Drenched in Light" always does the dishes?
(a) Joel.
(b) Isis.
(c) Grandma.
(d) Papa.

2. 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 fair.
(b) To the movies.
(c) To the park.
(d) To the ice cream parlor.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What text is used to condemn the actions of the man who used violence to steal a turkey in "The Bone of Contention"?

4. Stella and Sam get married in which month of the year?

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

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