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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. Which group holds a carnival attended by Isis in the story "Drenched in Light"?
(a) The Sons of Norway.
(b) The Moose.
(c) The Odd Fellows.
(d) The Elks.

2. For what position does Jim hire Stella when she asks for a job?
(a) Waitress.
(b) Nanny.
(c) Bartender.
(d) Clerk.

3. When Sam asks Stella if she can get off work to go somewhere with him, to what location does he invite her?
(a) To the movies.
(b) To the park.
(c) To the ice cream parlor.
(d) To the fair.

4. Near the end of the story "Magnolia Flower," it is stated that John and Magnolia Flower had gotten married how many years before?
(a) 32.
(b) 60.
(c) 25.
(d) 47.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of the malady does the boy at the center of the story "A Bit of Harlem" have?

2. The narrator states that no one in John's community had ever traveled farther than which city?

3. Which member of the family disapproves of John's desire to travel?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In what way does Hurston depict the difference between the two generations depicted in "Magnolia Flower"?

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

8. What does the young disabled man featured in "A Bit of Harlem" say his teacher had told him about heaven? Why is this comment significant?

9. Discuss the significance of the final passages included within the story "John Redding Goes to Sea."

10. In what way is Hurston a bit of an anomaly within the literary movement with which she is associated?

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