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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. What happens when Hurston arrives at Pine Mill?
(a) Everyone asks her to dance.
(b) She goes to work.
(c) The people elect her as mayor.
(d) No one asks her to dance.

2. In Chapter 5, why did the first slave avoid a beating for looking up the drawers?
(a) They were on the missus.
(b) They were hanging on a tree.
(c) They were on the line.
(d) They were in the laundry room.

3. How does Mr. Pitts plan to demonstrate his feelings towards Hurston?
(a) He will take her to Paris.
(b) He will wash her car.
(c) He will cook his own breakfast.
(d) He will ignore her.

4. What part of the animal did John grab a hold of in Chapter 4?
(a) The paw.
(b) The mane.
(c) The tail.
(d) The ear.

5. How many loads of ammunition are in the gun in Larkins White's story?
(a) Five.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hurston claim the Sheriff will do to the woman who killed five men?

2. What does Quarter Boss do in Chapter 9?

3. According to Mark C. Ford, why did the devil go to heaven?

4. Whom does John trick into holding the animal in the field?

5. Who drowned in the Johnstown flood?

(see the answer key)

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