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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. What major political movement is coming up in “The Barber”?
(a) A senate vote.
(b) Invocation of new supreme court justices.
(c) A gubernatorial election.
(d) A presidential election.

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

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

4. What does the upper sleeping berth remind Hazel Wickers of?
(a) His bed.
(b) His back porch.
(c) A coffin.
(d) His mother’s chiffarobe.

5. What is in Ruby’s sack?
(a) Four cans of beans.
(b) Shrimp and grits.
(c) Her Bible.
(d) Spinach.

Short Answer Questions

1. The barber calls Rayber what name __________.

2. What does Madam Zoleeda tell Ruby?

3. Ruby’s physical shape is compared to a ________?

4. Where is Hazel Wickers expecting to sleep on the train?

5. What does Hazel Motes purchase from the baker?

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