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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Eatonville Anthology," "Book of Harlem," "The Book of Harlem," "The Back Room," and "Monkey Junk".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose favorite place to flirt with married men is the porch outside Joe Clarke's general store?
(a) Daisy.
(b) Delia.
(c) Bertha.
(d) Cora.

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

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

4. In what location does the ending the story "The Back Room" take place, when the men in Lilya's life have all gone away?
(a) The beach.
(b) Lilya's back room.
(c) The general store.
(d) The schoolhouse.

5. In which season does the mother of Beau's lover confront him about the child he has conceived with her daughter?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Fall.
(d) Spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does Isis take when a member of her family catches her dancing at the carnival?

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

3. Which character tells Lilya that she will someday be able to use a certain object to prove that she "had once had the world in a jug" (195)?

4. What object does Delia raise into the air after Sykes threatens to beat her in the story "Sweat"?

5. With which object does the femme fatale at the center of the story "Monkey Junk" become enamored?

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