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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Folk Tales, Chapters 1 through 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How man people arrive at "Mets" house to tell stories the first night?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

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

3. How many times is Hurston "sold" at the "toe party"?
(a) Five times.
(b) Ten times.
(c) Never.
(d) One time.

4. What is the only part of the body women reveal at a "toe party"?
(a) A toe.
(b) A tongue.
(c) A foot.
(d) A finger.

5. What story does Gold tell in Chapter 2?
(a) Why churches are tall.
(b) How the banker became greedy.
(c) How the rhino got its horn.
(d) How God created skin color.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hurston think of the local liquor served at the "toe party"?

2. Why did the man in Chapter 2 know he was not meant to be a preacher?

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

4. Why is the rude person uninterested in speaking to the person who died in the Johnstown flood?

5. What is the fight that breaks out in Chapter 2 about?

(see the answer key)

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