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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. Stella is badly injured during an encounter with what type of vehicle?
(a) A car.
(b) A motorcycle.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A carriage.

2. What action do Isis and her brother Joel plan to do to their maternal grandmother before she wakes up and stops them?
(a) Bathe her.
(b) Shave her whiskers.
(c) Paint her.
(d) Feed her.

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

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

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 runs into the woods.
(c) She throws herself into the river.
(d) She throws herself into her family member's arms.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator reveals that the people in Sam's community view him as a what?

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

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

4. What is the last name of Isis, the protagonist of the story "Drenched in Light"?

5. When John begs for the chance to travel for a number of years, how many years does he mention?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. In what way is gambling shown to negatively impact families within the story entitled "The Conversion of Sam"?

9. 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?

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

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