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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 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.

2. An accident with which object brings an end to Spunk's life?
(a) A gun.
(b) A threshing machine.
(c) A saw.
(d) An arrow.

3. Which character openly cavorts in the street with a married woman at the beginning of the story "Spunk"?
(a) Elijah.
(b) Spunk.
(c) Joe.
(d) Joel.

4. Which member of the family disapproves of John's desire to travel?
(a) His older brother.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His uncle.

5. How old is John at the beginning of the story entitled "John Redding Goes to Sea"?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of body of water lies 300 feet beyond the door of John's family home?

3. The narrator states that no one in John's community had ever traveled farther than which city?

4. The local conjure man depicted in "Black Death" lives next to what kind of body of water called Blue Sink?

5. What kind of a pet does Sam have in the story "The Conversion of Sam"?

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