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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Stroke of Good Fortune.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “The Train”, what doesn’t the upper sleeping berth have?
(a) Sheets.
(b) Access to the restroom.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A window.

2. Who tries to befriend Hazel Motes?
(a) The baker.
(b) Enoch Emery.
(c) The blind man.
(d) The red-haired girl.

3. What is the profession of Mrs. Willerton’s main character Lot Motum?
(a) A sharecropper.
(b) A barber.
(c) A locomotive engineer.
(d) An Irish potato farmer.

4. What has been Mrs. Willerton’s job for over 50 years?
(a) To do the dishes.
(b) To hang the laundry.
(c) To crumb the table after a meal.
(d) To sweep the kitchen.

5. Where is Hazel Wickers expecting to sleep on the train?
(a) An upper berth.
(b) In a first-class seat.
(c) A lower berth.
(d) In a coach seat.

Short Answer Questions

1. “The Barber” takes place in which town?

2. What is in Ruby’s sack?

3. Whom does Mrs. Willerton become in her own story?

4. In “The Peeler”, what is the yellow-haired boy’s name?

5. What does the upper sleeping berth remind Hazel Wickers of?

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