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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sam does NOT decide to acquire which item when he becomes determined to win Stella's favor?
(a) A new suit.
(b) A haircut.
(c) A car.
(d) A shave.

2. 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?
(a) Waiting for the mail.
(b) Buying milk.
(c) Buying butter.
(d) Buying nightcrawlers.

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

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

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

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

7. John agrees to help save what type of structure in the face of an approaching storm?
(a) A train platform.
(b) A water tower.
(c) A bridge.
(d) A bus depot.

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

9. The narrator states that no one in John's community had ever traveled farther than which city?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Arlington.
(c) Jacksonville.
(d) Tupelo.

10. By what percentage does Jim and Mattie's business grow after Stella becomes their employee?
(a) 25.
(b) 100.
(c) 50.
(d) 75.

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

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

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

14. How old is Sam when he falls back into his addiction to gambling?
(a) 31.
(b) 21.
(c) 19.
(d) 25.

15. The white woman in the company of Isis at the story's end exclaims aloud that Isis is what emotion "itself," before describing her as "Drenched in Light" (83)?
(a) Anger.
(b) Purity.
(c) Joy.
(d) Envy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which type of wood is NOT mentioned when Isis watches her grandmother gathering a collection of switches?

2. What adjective does Isis's grandmother apply to Isis while warning her to stop sitting atop the gate post?

3. The overwrought expression of which emotion causes Bentley's death, according to the narrator?

4. What is NOT something Sam loses each night when he stays out gambling?

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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