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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. How is Rufus connected to Ruby?
(a) Rufus is Ruby’s older brother.
(b) Rufus is Ruby’s baby brother.
(c) Rufus is Ruby’s husband.
(d) Rufus is Ruby’s son.

2. Who is Madam Zoleeda?
(a) The palmist on highway 87.
(b) Rufus’s prostitute.
(c) The woman who owns the local saloon.
(d) Ruby's best friend.

3. Where is Hazel Wickers expecting to sleep on the train?
(a) An upper berth.
(b) In a first-class seat.
(c) A lower berth.
(d) In a coach seat.

4. Ruby’s physical shape is compared to a ________?
(a) Funeral urn.
(b) Hog.
(c) Reed.
(d) Raisin.

5. Whom does Mrs. Willerton become in her own story?
(a) Lot’s wife.
(b) Lot’s brother.
(c) She does not become part of her story.
(d) Lot’s sister.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What major political movement is coming up in “The Barber”?

3. Who dose Hazel accompany to the dining car?

4. In the beginning of “The Barbar”, what is Rayber reminiscing about?

5. The barber calls Rayber what name __________.

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