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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The story called "Book of Harlem" uses a numbering structure that mimics which text?
(a) The Green Book.
(b) The dictionary.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Koran.

2. With which married man was Daisy's "most prolonged and serious" (174) affair?
(a) Crooms.
(b) Sykes.
(c) Joe Clarke.
(d) Joe Kanty.

3. What action is Pinkie taking when Muttsy slips a diamond ring on her finger?
(a) Praying.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Fainting.
(d) Crying.

4. To whom does the creature named Tippy belong?
(a) Walter Thomas.
(b) Old Man Anderson.
(c) Elijah Mosely.
(d) Sykes Jones.

5. The scene in "Sweat" that first depicts the group of men on the porch of Joe Clarke's store takes place in which month?
(a) July.
(b) August.
(c) November.
(d) May.

6. What is the first name of the storyteller featured in the story entitled "'Possum or Pig"?
(a) Bill.
(b) Docia.
(c) Julian.
(d) John.

7. For how many years have Delia and Sykes been married by the opening of the story "Sweat"?
(a) 15.
(b) 9.
(c) 4.
(d) 24.

8. Where does Delia hide when she flees from the snake she encounters in the house in "Sweat"?
(a) In the garden.
(b) In the basement.
(c) In the barn.
(d) In the attic.

9. In what type of dwelling does Bertha live?
(a) A hostel.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A brothel.
(d) A boarding house.

10. In the story entitled "Under the Bridge," Luke is 58, while his new wife Vangie is how old?
(a) 36.
(b) 48.
(c) 19.
(d) 27.

11. The narrator states that which two characters have been on their own since Artie was nine years old?
(a) Artie and John.
(b) Artie and Joe.
(c) Artie and Elijah.
(d) Artie and Luke.

12. What do the men of Eatonville do about the physical abuse that Mr. McDuffy inflicts on his wife each Sunday after church?
(a) They force him to move out of town.
(b) They grant her a divorce.
(c) Nothing.
(d) They give him a beating.

13. What is the last name of Pinkie, the new arrival to Ma Turner's establishment featured in "Muttsy"?
(a) Anderson.
(b) Jones.
(c) Mosely.
(d) Kanty.

14. In what way is Artie related to Luke in the story entitled "Under the Bridge"?
(a) Artie is Luke's father.
(b) Artie is Luke's cousin.
(c) Artie is Luke's son.
(d) Artie is Luke's brother.

15. To whom does Muttsy declare his singular devotion in the story named after him?
(a) Jasmine.
(b) Pinkie.
(c) Clara.
(d) Bertha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What euphemistic title does Hurston give to New York City in the story entitled "Book of Harlem"?

2. With which word meaning 'amen' does Hurston end the story entitled "MonkeyJunk"?

3. In what location does the ending the story "The Back Room" take place, when the men in Lilya's life have all gone away?

4. What element does the narrator name as the only thing Sykes had brought to his marriage?

5. In what kind of object does Sykes usually keep the snake he brings home in "Sweat"?

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