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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What street does Sam begin to frequent once he falls back into a pattern of compulsive gambling?
2. An accident with which object brings an end to Spunk's life?
3. With which writer did Zora Neale Hurston have a falling-out, according to the text's introduction?
4. Which character rails against John's announcement that he intends to join the Navy?
5. How old is Sam when he falls back into his addiction to gambling?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss an instance in the collection when Hurston emphasizes the way in which white people exoticize black people.
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. What does Spunk's Stetson hat represent within the story entitled "Spunk"?
5. What does the gate post symbolize within the story entitled "Drenched in Light"?
6. Describe the end of Bentley's life.
7. Describe the ten-year-old protagonist of the story "John Redding Goes to Sea," as he is introduced at the beginning of the story.
8. Describe the way in which the definition of courage is called into question within the story "Spunk."
9. With which literary movement is Zora Neale Hurston most closely associated and why?
10. Discuss the significance of the final passages included within the story "John Redding Goes to Sea."
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Trace the characterization arc of a particular protagonist featured in the pages of the collection Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick. Discuss whether your chosen protagonist is a round or flat character, whether the character is a static or dynamic character, and other aspects of characterization Hurston uses to bring your chosen character to life.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Hurston's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different locations in a particular way within the text of Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick.
Essay Topic 3
What is Hurston’s message regarding the connection between anger and productivity and what tools are used within Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick in order to get this message across to the reader?
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