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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Drenched in Light," "Spunk," "Magnolia Flower," "Black Death," and "The Bone of Contention".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before the discovery of a number of stories focused on urban environments, how many such stories by Zora Neale Hurston were previously thought to exist?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 0.

2. What term does the narrator of "Black Death" apply to white people?
(a) Nihilists.
(b) Materialists.
(c) Allies.
(d) Oppressors.

3. What kind of a pet does Sam have in the story "The Conversion of Sam"?
(a) A bird.
(b) A cat.
(c) A fish.
(d) A dog.

4. By what percentage does Jim and Mattie's business grow after Stella becomes their employee?
(a) 100.
(b) 50.
(c) 25.
(d) 75.

5. With which writer did Zora Neale Hurston have a falling-out, according to the text's introduction?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Langston Hughes.
(c) Gertrude Stein.
(d) James Baldwin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action do Isis and her brother Joel plan to do to their maternal grandmother before she wakes up and stops them?

2. The road that passes in front of Isis's house stretches north toward Sanford, Florida and south toward which city?

3. What type of tree do John and Magnolia Flower visit out of nostalgia at the end of "Magnolia Flower"?

4. At the start of the story "John Redding Goes to Sea," for how many years have Matty and Alfred been married?

5. Which character teases Joe about his philandering wife before being chastised by other men in the story "Spunk"?

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