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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. 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?
(a) Buying milk.
(b) Buying butter.
(c) Buying nightcrawlers.
(d) Waiting for the mail.

2. Bentley treats everyone in his life abominably with the exception of which character?
(a) Magnolia Flower.
(b) Swift Deer.
(c) Joe Clarke.
(d) John.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Near the end of the story "Magnolia Flower," it is stated that John and Magnolia Flower had gotten married how many years before?

2. Who arrives at the carnival and brings an end to the dance Isis is performing for the crowd?

3. When Sam asks Stella if she can get off work to go somewhere with him, to what location does he invite her?

4. The boy at the center of the story "A Bit of Harlem" tells the young woman that he will come back on which holiday?

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

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