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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 49 - 89).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disagreement is Cicero having with his uncle?
(a) Over what kind of food to serve at the family picnic.
(b) Over Cicero's marriage to Gina.
(c) Over whether or not to sell the family's land.
(d) Over Cicero's choice to sell his uncle's car.

2. What does Lazarus do to J.C. Stokes in the story Ain't No Sunshine?
(a) Pours water on him.
(b) Shoots him.
(c) Stabs him.
(d) Beats him with his belt.

3. What does Ed do after spending some time with the music star?
(a) Goes to meet his daughter for dinner.
(b) Goes home to Alabama.
(c) Goes to meet his brother to go to a Broadway show.
(d) Stays for the star's performance.

4. Why did Inez Cross Chasten decide not to ever tell her husband about Hughes's offer to work for him?
(a) He might have left her for being so insolent.
(b) He would have been angry that she had even talked to Hughes.
(c) He would have been angry that she knew how to cook but did not cook for him.
(d) He would have been upset that she did not take Hughes up on his offer because it was so lucrative.

5. How did Stokes get burned, in Ain't No Sunshine?
(a) In a house fire.
(b) In an accident at work.
(c) In an accident at a gas station.
(d) In a car accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the narrator's mother's career?

2. Which of the following lines is from the song Ed sings for the music star and others?

3. How does the narrator's mother react when he tells her he is going to pursue a career in the culinary arts, in The Eternal Glory That Is Ham Hocks?

4. Who did Ed used to know who was so good at guitar he sometimes played for money?

5. Who is Ed's wife?

(see the answer key)

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