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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arrives at the carnival and brings an end to the dance Isis is performing for the crowd?
(a) Mama.
(b) Papa.
(c) Joel.
(d) Grandma.

2. What is the last name of Isis, the protagonist of the story "Drenched in Light"?
(a) Kanty.
(b) Watts.
(c) Potts.
(d) Johnson.

3. For what position does Jim hire Stella when she asks for a job?
(a) Bartender.
(b) Waitress.
(c) Clerk.
(d) Nanny.

4. 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?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 0.

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

6. Stella and Sam get married in which month of the year?
(a) November.
(b) April.
(c) September.
(d) June.

7. The road that passes in front of Isis's house stretches north toward Sanford, Florida and south toward which city?
(a) Jacksonville.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Orlando.
(d) Miami.

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

9. The opening and closing frames of the story "Magnolia Flower" consist of conversations between which two bodies of water?
(a) A river and a brook.
(b) A river and a pond.
(c) A river and a lake.
(d) A river and a reservoir.

10. In what type of vehicle is Isis nearly transported safely past her family's home?
(a) A car.
(b) A tractor.
(c) A taxi.
(d) A truck.

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

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

13. What is NOT something Sam loses each night when he stays out gambling?
(a) Self-respect.
(b) Money.
(c) Stella's love.
(d) Sleep.

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

15. What is the last name of the man named Beau who mistreats his woman in the story called "Black Death"?
(a) Cornerstone.
(b) Blasky.
(c) Diddely.
(d) Cartwright.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character in "Black Death" is identified as the local "conjure man" (101)?

3. The boy at the center of the story "A Bit of Harlem" tells the young woman that he will come back on which holiday?

4. By what percentage does Jim and Mattie's business grow after Stella becomes their employee?

5. What object belonging to her grandmother does Isis use as a festive outfit for dancing at the carnival?

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