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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many stories in total are presented within the collection Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick?
(a) 11.
(b) 21.
(c) 15.
(d) 31.

3. 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) Buying milk.
(b) Buying nightcrawlers.
(c) Buying butter.
(d) Waiting for the mail.

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

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

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

7. Which unpaid bill leads Mr. Bronner to fire Sam?
(a) Milk delivery.
(b) Water.
(c) Rent.
(d) Electricity.

8. The narrator reveals that the people in Sam's community view him as a what?
(a) A psychologist.
(b) A fool.
(c) A comedian.
(d) A gossip.

9. The boy at the center of the story "A Bit of Harlem" tells the young woman that he will come back on which holiday?
(a) Easter.
(b) Christmas Eve.
(c) Christmas Day.
(d) Halloween.

10. What text is used to condemn the actions of the man who used violence to steal a turkey in "The Bone of Contention"?
(a) The dictionary.
(b) The encyclopedia.
(c) The Koran.
(d) The Bible.

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

12. 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 creek.
(c) A bay.
(d) A lake.

13. Which character teases Joe about his philandering wife before being chastised by other men in the story "Spunk"?
(a) Elijah.
(b) Walter.
(c) Jordan.
(d) Spunk.

14. Who orders Isis to get down from the gate post and rake the yard?
(a) Grandma George.
(b) Grandma Watts.
(c) Grandma Jones.
(d) Grandma Potts.

15. When John begs for the chance to travel for a number of years, how many years does he mention?
(a) 9 or 10.
(b) 1 or 2.
(c) 2 or 3.
(d) 5 or 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. The opening and closing frames of the story "Magnolia Flower" consist of conversations between which two bodies of water?

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

3. How many of the stories in the collection have never before been presented to a modern audience?

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

5. In what year was Zora Neale Hurston's famous novel Their Eyes Were Watching God published?

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