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

2. Who tries to befriend Hazel Motes?
(a) Enoch Emery.
(b) The red-haired girl.
(c) The baker.
(d) The blind man.

3. What major political movement is coming up in “The Barber”?
(a) A gubernatorial election.
(b) Invocation of new supreme court justices.
(c) A senate vote.
(d) A presidential election.

4. Where does Rufus return home from?
(a) The armed forces.
(b) Work overseas.
(c) Boarding school.
(d) A reformatory.

5. What does the baker accuse the red-haired girl and the blind man of doing in “The Peeler”?
(a) Heckling him.
(b) Being an unfit couple.
(c) Stealing his customers.
(d) Breaking the laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hazel Motes follow down the street?

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

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

4. What is the profession of Mrs. Willerton’s main character Lot Motum?

5. What does the upper sleeping berth remind Hazel Wickers of?

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