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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 story entitled "Sweat" begin?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

2. With which married man was Daisy's "most prolonged and serious" (174) affair?
(a) Joe Clarke.
(b) Crooms.
(c) Sykes.
(d) Joe Kanty.

3. The narrator states that things in Eatonville were very simple "in the good old days before" (172) which historical event?
(a) Prohibition.
(b) Jim Crow laws.
(c) The drought.
(d) World War I.

4. How many numbered entries are contained within the story entitled "The Eatonville Anthology"?
(a) 14.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 21.

5. When Mandolin purposefully undergoes a dramatic change, what name does he take to replace his given name?
(a) Abel.
(b) Panic.
(c) Crash.
(d) Cain.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many weeks did Artie sulk "in silence" (152) when Luke first got married?

2. From which city in Florida does Pinkie hail, as described in the story entitled "Muttsy"?

3. What do the men of Eatonville do about the physical abuse that Mr. McDuffy inflicts on his wife each Sunday after church?

4. Jazzbo's father expresses dismay at his son's desire to seek a wife in which location?

5. In what location does the couple featured in "Monkey Junk" appear together before they part forever?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Hurston elicit compassion for Daisy Taylor's plight in the story called "The Eatonville Anthology"?

2. Who is Panic?

3. Which object within the story "The Back Room" serves as a symbol of fading youth and beauty?

4. How many entries are included in "The Eatonville Anthology" and in what form is the story presented?

5. What is ironic about the act Muttsy takes in order to express his intention to marry Pinkie?

6. How does Muttsy make his living in the story named after him in Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick?

7. What is the plot of the very brief story entitled "Possum and Pig"?

8. In what way is foreshadowing associated with the portrait featured in the story "The Back Room"?

9. What aspect of Joe Clarke's personal life is discussed only in the story entitled "The Eatonville Anthology"?

10. Who is Daisy Taylor?

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