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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Folk Tales, Chapters 7 through 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the story about the slave and the gun, what was the slave sent to shoot?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) A deer.
(c) A dog.
(d) A bear.

2. Who raced to two packages in Chapter 4?
(a) Two women.
(b) A black man and a white man.
(c) A child.
(d) Two children.

3. How do the men react to their partners at a "toe party"?
(a) Men never see their partners, only their knees.
(b) No one is happy.
(c) Everyone is happy.
(d) Some are disappointed.

4. In Chapter 4, what does Hurston initially think of the people in the city where she stops?
(a) She trusts them.
(b) She does not trust them.
(c) She likes them.
(d) She hates them.

5. Where does Hurston travel to in Chapter 10?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Mulberry, Pierce, and Lakeland.
(c) Baltimore, Annapolis, and Bethesda.
(d) Orlando.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are "flutter bys"?

2. In Chapter 9, Hurston warns that it is harmful to _____________.

3. The man in Larkins White's story sees _______________.

4. Why did the bullet remain in the story about firing a gun out the doorway?

5. Another man in Chapter 4 tells a story about a man dipped in a river. What river was the man dipped in?

(see the answer key)

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