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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. Of what cause did Beau officially die, though it is implied that the local conjure man had a hand in it?
(a) Asphyxiation.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Stroke.
(d) Heart failure.

4. What sort of the malady does the boy at the center of the story "A Bit of Harlem" have?
(a) Scurvy.
(b) A hunchback.
(c) Asthma.
(d) Epilepsy.

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

6. The overwrought expression of which emotion causes Bentley's death, according to the narrator?
(a) Rage.
(b) Envy.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Despair.

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

8. In which season does John marry Stella?
(a) Fall.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Bentley treats everyone in his life abominably with the exception of which character?

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. Which character openly cavorts in the street with a married woman at the beginning of the story "Spunk"?

5. The local conjure man depicted in "Black Death" lives next to what kind of body of water called Blue Sink?

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