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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Sam asks Stella if she can get off work to go somewhere with him, to what location does he invite her?
(a) To the movies.
(b) To the fair.
(c) To the park.
(d) To the ice cream parlor.

3. Stella is badly injured during an encounter with what type of vehicle?
(a) A car.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A carriage.
(d) A motorcycle.

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

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

6. What type of body of water lies 300 feet beyond the door of John's family home?
(a) A river.
(b) A pond.
(c) A reservoir.
(d) A lake.

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

8. 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) Cartwright.
(d) Diddely.

9. Which character in "Black Death" is identified as the local "conjure man" (101)?
(a) Old Man Morgan.
(b) John.
(c) Elijah.
(d) Spunk.

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

11. Which type of wood is NOT mentioned when Isis watches her grandmother gathering a collection of switches?
(a) Peach.
(b) Guana.
(c) Cherry.
(d) Apple.

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

13. Which member of the family featured in "Drenched in Light" always does the dishes?
(a) Joel.
(b) Isis.
(c) Papa.
(d) Grandma.

14. What objects does John like to place in the water near his home in order to pretend he is following them?
(a) Crickets.
(b) Paper boats.
(c) Twigs.
(d) Leaves.

15. An accident with which object brings an end to Spunk's life?
(a) A gun.
(b) A saw.
(c) An arrow.
(d) A threshing machine.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way is Alfred related to John?

2. In which season does John marry Stella?

3. At the start of the story "John Redding Goes to Sea," for how many years have Matty and Alfred been married?

4. Isis's grandmother allows Isis to go to a hotel with a white couple after they give her how many dollars?

5. What term does the narrator of "Black Death" apply to white people?

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