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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Isis's grandmother allows Isis to go to a hotel with a white couple after they give her how many dollars?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who orders Isis to get down from the gate post and rake the yard?

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

4. What object belonging to her grandmother does Isis use as a festive outfit for dancing at the carnival?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joe Kanty meet his end in the story entitled "Spunk"?

2. For what reason does John leave the house during a storm in the story entitled "John Redding Goes to Sea"?

3. Who is Beau Diddely?

4. Describe the way in which the definition of courage is called into question within the story "Spunk."

5. Discuss an instance in the collection when Hurston emphasizes the way in which white people exoticize black people.

6. Discuss the purpose behind Hurston's use of a frame structure to present the story entitled "Magnolia Flower."

7. What contrast between the white culture and the black culture does Hurston highlight within the opening of "Black Death"?

8. What is the main setting of the story "The Bone of Contention" and for what reason is the same setting represented within the story "Spunk" and others?

9. Describe the end of Bentley's life.

10. What does Spunk's Stetson hat represent within the story entitled "Spunk"?

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