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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 do the people in town want to know about the author when she arrives in town?
(a) How long she will be there.
(b) How much she makes.
(c) If she has children.
(d) Her religion.

2. When does a "toe party" really start to get wild?
(a) At 9 p.m.
(b) When the people from Eatonville arrive.
(c) After appetizers.
(d) When the band starts playing.

3. Whom does the deceased person speak to after dying in the Johnstown flood?
(a) St. Peter.
(b) Satan.
(c) Henry.
(d) God.

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

5. Why are the people at Pine Mill afraid of Hurston?
(a) Her car.
(b) Her gun.
(c) Her loud voice.
(d) Her clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take before the snail wife sees her husband again?

2. What are the men doing at the start of Chapter 6?

3. What does Mark C. Ford ask Hurston about a dolphin's tail?

4. Mark C. Ford compares the dolphin to _________________.

5. What game is going on at the joint in Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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