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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the woman whom Beau impregnates in the story entitled "Black Death"?
(a) Karen.
(b) Dolly.
(c) Docia.
(d) Sadie.

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

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

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

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

7. What does the final line of the story "The Conversion of Sam" reveal?
(a) That Stella and Sam went on to have four children.
(b) That Sam never gambled again.
(c) That Sam eventually became the foreman at the mill.
(d) That Stella died later that night.

8. The local conjure man depicted in "Black Death" lives next to what kind of body of water called Blue Sink?
(a) A river.
(b) A lake.
(c) A creek.
(d) A bay.

9. What gesture does Isis make that serves to "heap kindling on" her grandmother's "already burning ire" (75)?
(a) A smile.
(b) A shrug.
(c) An eye-roll.
(d) A smirk.

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

11. 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) 0.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

12. Bentley treats everyone in his life abominably with the exception of which character?
(a) John.
(b) Joe Clarke.
(c) Magnolia Flower.
(d) Swift Deer.

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

14. What action do Isis and her brother Joel plan to do to their maternal grandmother before she wakes up and stops them?
(a) Shave her whiskers.
(b) Feed her.
(c) Bathe her.
(d) Paint her.

15. Which character ultimately decides to allow John's body to float down the river once it is obvious that he is dead?
(a) Stella.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Alfred.
(d) Matty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Just before Spunk dies, he blames which character for causing his death?

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

3. When Stella asks Jim for a job, she says she had arrived the previous day from which state?

4. In what way is Alfred related to John?

5. In what type of vehicle is Isis nearly transported safely past her family's home?

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