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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Country in the Woman," "The Gilded Six-Bits," "She Rock," and "The Fire and the Cloud".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the local young woman Jazzbo's father recommends he date?
(a) Cora.
(b) Isis.
(c) Delia.
(d) Caroline.

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

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

4. Which character is the mayor of Eatonville, Florida?
(a) Sykes Jones.
(b) Elijah Mosely.
(c) Walter Thomas.
(d) Joe Clarke.

5. In what demonstration of affection do Artie and Vangie engage at the end of the story "Under the Bridge" when they think Luke is asleep?
(a) A hand-clasping.
(b) A blowing of kisses.
(c) A kiss.
(d) A hug.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the main character featured in the story entitled "Book of Harlem"?

2. Mitchell is said to be the only person who believes Caroline's assertion that she is feeling which emotion?

3. The final scene of the story "Under the Bridge" features Artie, Luke, and Vangie in what location?

4. The story "The Fire and the Cloud" portrays a conversation between Moses and what type of creature?

5. Hurston uses the name Babylon as a euphemism for which real city in the story "She Rock," among others?

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