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

2. Bentley treats everyone in his life abominably with the exception of which character?
(a) Magnolia Flower.
(b) Joe Clarke.
(c) John.
(d) Swift Deer.

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

4. The narrator reveals that the people in Sam's community view him as a what?
(a) A comedian.
(b) A gossip.
(c) A psychologist.
(d) A fool.

5. What action does Isis take when a member of her family catches her dancing at the carnival?
(a) She enters the log-rolling competition.
(b) She throws herself into the river.
(c) She runs into the woods.
(d) She throws herself into her family member's arms.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Just before Spunk dies, he blames which character for causing his death?

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

4. Sam does NOT decide to acquire which item when he becomes determined to win Stella's favor?

5. In which type of problematic behavior does the white woman at the end of "Drenched in Light" engage?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. In what way is the theme of family bonds depicted in the story entitled "John Redding Goes to Sea"?

3. Describe the end of Bentley's life.

4. What does the gate post symbolize within the story entitled "Drenched in Light"?

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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