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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the story entitled "The Conversion of Sam," what type of establishment does Jim own with his wife Mattie?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A brothel.
(d) A nightclub.

2. In what year was Zora Neale Hurston's famous novel Their Eyes Were Watching God published?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1911.

3. In what way is Alfred related to John?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Father.
(d) Cousin.

4. What object belonging to her grandmother does Isis use as a festive outfit for dancing at the carnival?
(a) A tablecloth.
(b) A towel.
(c) A rug.
(d) A curtain.

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

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

7. What kind of a pet does Sam have in the story "The Conversion of Sam"?
(a) A fish.
(b) A dog.
(c) A cat.
(d) A bird.

8. In what setting does the story entitled "Spunk" take place?
(a) Harlem, New York.
(b) Sanford, Florida.
(c) Eatonville, Florida.
(d) Reform, Alabama.

9. With which writer did Zora Neale Hurston have a falling-out, according to the text's introduction?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Langston Hughes.
(c) James Baldwin.
(d) Gertrude Stein.

10. When Stella asks Jim for a job, she says she had arrived the previous day from which state?
(a) Florida.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Vermont.
(d) Virginia.

11. At the start of the story "John Redding Goes to Sea," for how many years have Matty and Alfred been married?
(a) 17.
(b) 20.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

12. What term does the narrator of "Black Death" apply to white people?
(a) Allies.
(b) Nihilists.
(c) Oppressors.
(d) Materialists.

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

14. In which type of problematic behavior does the white woman at the end of "Drenched in Light" engage?
(a) Compartmentalization.
(b) Marginalization.
(c) Exoticism.
(d) Appropriation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator reveals that the people in Sam's community view him as a what?

2. What is the last name of the man named Beau who mistreats his woman in the story called "Black Death"?

3. 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?

4. The jawbone of what type of animal figures into the storyline of "The Bone of Contention"?

5. Before the discovery of a number of stories focused on urban environments, how many such stories by Zora Neale Hurston were previously thought to exist?

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