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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. The narrator states that no one in John's community had ever traveled farther than which city?
(a) Arlington.
(b) Jacksonville.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Tupelo.

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

3. What is NOT something Sam loses each night when he stays out gambling?
(a) Self-respect.
(b) Stella's love.
(c) Money.
(d) Sleep.

4. Of what cause did Beau officially die, though it is implied that the local conjure man had a hand in it?
(a) Asphyxiation.
(b) Stroke.
(c) Heart failure.
(d) Drowning.

5. What is the last name of the man named Beau who mistreats his woman in the story called "Black Death"?
(a) Cornerstone.
(b) Cartwright.
(c) Diddely.
(d) Blasky.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In which season does John marry Stella?

5. In which season does the mother of Beau's lover confront him about the child he has conceived with her daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Beau Diddely?

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

3. Describe the end of Bentley's life.

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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