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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) A window.
(c) A blanket.
(d) Access to the restroom.

2. What are the red-haired girl and the blind man doing in “The Peeler”?
(a) Holding hands an observing passersby.
(b) Selling bread loaves.
(c) Handing out religious pamphlets.
(d) Heckling people.

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

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

5. What does Madam Zoleeda tell Ruby?
(a) That Rufus is “good for nothin”.
(b) That she is sick.
(c) That she doesn’t like collard greens.
(d) That Ruby owes her money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Rufus return home from?

3. How is Rufus connected to Ruby?

4. How old is Hazel Wickers?

5. Whose perspective is “The Crop” told in?

(see the answer key)

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