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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. Just before Spunk dies, he blames which character for causing his death?
(a) Lena.
(b) Elijah.
(c) Joe Clarke.
(d) Joe Kanty.

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

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

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

5. What is the last name of Isis, the protagonist of the story "Drenched in Light"?
(a) Potts.
(b) Watts.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Kanty.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what type of vehicle is Isis nearly transported safely past her family's home?

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

3. Before the discovery of a number of stories focused on urban environments, how many such stories by Zora Neale Hurston were previously thought to exist?

4. Which group holds a carnival attended by Isis in the story "Drenched in Light"?

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

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