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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. The jawbone of what type of animal figures into the storyline of "The Bone of Contention"?
(a) A dog.
(b) A horse.
(c) A mule.
(d) A donkey.

2. In what setting does the story entitled "Spunk" take place?
(a) Eatonville, Florida.
(b) Sanford, Florida.
(c) Harlem, New York.
(d) Reform, Alabama.

3. In what year was Zora Neale Hurston's famous novel Their Eyes Were Watching God published?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1945.

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

5. When John begs for the chance to travel for a number of years, how many years does he mention?
(a) 1 or 2.
(b) 9 or 10.
(c) 2 or 3.
(d) 5 or 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the stories in the collection have never before been presented to a modern audience?

2. As depicted in "The Bone of Contention," men living in Eatonville gather at Joe Clarke's store to socialize, though they use what errand as an excuse?

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

4. At the start of the story "John Redding Goes to Sea," for how many years have Matty and Alfred been married?

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

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