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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. When does Hurston travel to Pine Mill?
(a) When the mood strikes her.
(b) March 6th.
(c) Every third Sunday.
(d) On payday.

2. What is the man in Larkins White's story doing?
(a) Going for a jog.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Eating lunch.
(d) Walking to town.

3. Who is Babe Hill?
(a) The mayor.
(b) A woman who murdered her husband.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A baseball player.

4. What is James Mosely's story about?
(a) Two wolves.
(b) Two angels.
(c) Eight angels.
(d) Three pigs.

5. What does the man go to find in Larkins White's story to carry home all of his belongings?
(a) A carriage.
(b) A car.
(c) A wheelbarrow.
(d) A wagon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hurston say she learns about in Chapter 10?

2. In Chapter 4, what was in the larger box in the tale of two boxes?

3. What did God do with the tool to create the earth?

4. In what state does the author spend most of her time collecting stories?

5. In Chapter 4, the men tell stories about bosses. What are the bosses like?

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