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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Country in the Woman," "The Gilded Six-Bits," "She Rock," and "The Fire and the Cloud".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the story entitled "Under the Bridge," Luke is 58, while his new wife Vangie is how old?
(a) 48.
(b) 27.
(c) 19.
(d) 36.

2. What is the last name of the protagonist featured in the story entitled "The Back Room"?
(a) Anderson.
(b) Barkman.
(c) Mosely.
(d) Lewis.

3. The narrator states that no one in John's community had ever traveled farther than which city?
(a) Tupelo.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Jacksonville.
(d) Arlington.

4. In what year was Zora Neale Hurston's famous novel Their Eyes Were Watching God published?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1911.

5. When Joe comes home early and discovers Missie May having sex with Otis, Hurston compares Joe to which Biblical character?
(a) Samson.
(b) Goliath.
(c) Saul.
(d) Job.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which married man was Daisy's "most prolonged and serious" (174) affair?

2. When John begs for the chance to travel for a number of years, how many years does he mention?

3. As Otis escapes from the home of Missie May and Joe, Joe snatches what object from Otis's person?

4. Which type of wood is NOT mentioned when Isis watches her grandmother gathering a collection of switches?

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

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