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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. What sort of establishment does Ma Turner run?
(a) A theater.
(b) A school.
(c) A boarding house.
(d) A brothel.

2. The narrator states that things in Eatonville were very simple "in the good old days before" (172) which historical event?
(a) The drought.
(b) Jim Crow laws.
(c) World War I.
(d) Prohibition.

3. How many of the stories in the collection have never before been presented to a modern audience?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

4. What street does Sam begin to frequent once he falls back into a pattern of compulsive gambling?
(a) Elm.
(b) Poplar.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Rigid.

5. What is the last name of the protagonist featured in the story entitled "The Back Room"?
(a) Anderson.
(b) Mosely.
(c) Barkman.
(d) Lewis.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Sam when he falls back into his addiction to gambling?

2. How old is Lilya, the protagonist of the story "The Back Room"?

3. What element does the narrator name when stating what Delia brought to her marriage?

4. In what receptacle does Sykes hide a snake in hopes of killing Delia in the story entitled "Sweat"?

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

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