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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. An accident with which object brings an end to Spunk's life?

3. Who is Mr. Bronner, in relation to Sam within the story "The Conversion of Sam"?

4. The boy at the center of the story "A Bit of Harlem" tells the young woman that he will come back on which holiday?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the ten-year-old protagonist of the story "John Redding Goes to Sea," as he is introduced at the beginning of the story.

2. In what way does the story entitled "A Bit of Harlem" put forth an argument about the need for intersectionality when it comes to the discussion of race?

3. Who is Beau Diddely?

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

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

6. Discuss the significane of the final line of the story entitled "The Conversion of Sam."

7. According to Genevieve West, what conclusion did scholars come to regarding the story "Muttsy," prior to the discovery of the eight other stories contained within the collection Hitting a Straight a Lick With a Crooked Stick?

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. What is the symbolism of the tablecloth featured in the story "Drenched in Light"?

10. In what way do Alfred and Matty act as foils to one another within the story "John Redding Goes to Sea"?

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