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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. Which character openly cavorts in the street with a married woman at the beginning of the story "Spunk"?
(a) Joe.
(b) Spunk.
(c) Joel.
(d) Elijah.

2. Which unpaid bill leads Mr. Bronner to fire Sam?
(a) Rent.
(b) Water.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Milk delivery.

3. Every story in the collection Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick belongs to which literary movement?
(a) Surrealism.
(b) The Harlem Renaissance.
(c) Romanticism.
(d) Transcendentalism.

4. How old is John at the beginning of the story entitled "John Redding Goes to Sea"?
(a) 8.
(b) 16.
(c) 10.
(d) 14.

5. For what position does Jim hire Stella when she asks for a job?
(a) Clerk.
(b) Waitress.
(c) Nanny.
(d) Bartender.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character rails against John's announcement that he intends to join the Navy?

2. Which character in "Black Death" is identified as the local "conjure man" (101)?

3. What sort of the malady does the boy at the center of the story "A Bit of Harlem" have?

4. What does the final line of the story "The Conversion of Sam" reveal?

5. Who is Mr. Bronner, in relation to Sam within the story "The Conversion of Sam"?

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