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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Muttsy," "Sweat," "Under the Bridge," and "'Possum or Pig?".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many stories in total are presented within the collection Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick?
(a) 31.
(b) 11.
(c) 15.
(d) 21.

3. Which character teases Joe about his philandering wife before being chastised by other men in the story "Spunk"?
(a) Elijah.
(b) Jordan.
(c) Spunk.
(d) Walter.

4. The overwrought expression of which emotion causes Bentley's death, according to the narrator?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Envy.
(c) Despair.
(d) Rage.

5. What adjective does Isis's grandmother apply to Isis while warning her to stop sitting atop the gate post?
(a) Tomboyish.
(b) Womanish.
(c) Adult.
(d) Old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Isis's grandmother allows Isis to go to a hotel with a white couple after they give her how many dollars?

2. Who is Mr. Bronner, in relation to Sam within the story "The Conversion of Sam"?

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

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

5. In the story entitled "Under the Bridge," Luke is 58, while his new wife Vangie is how old?

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