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

2. The barber calls Rayber what name __________.
(a) Mother Hubbard.
(b) Idiot.
(c) White Supremacist.
(d) Segregationist.

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

4. In “The Peeler”, what is the yellow-haired boy’s name?
(a) He isn’t given a name.
(b) Old Gabriel.
(c) Enoch Emery.
(d) Hazel Motes.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Hazel Motes follow down the street?

3. Where is Hazel Wickers expecting to sleep on the train?

4. “The Barber” takes place in which town?

5. Where does Rufus return home from?

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