View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Folk Tales, Chapters 4 through 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a man tell Hurston some people are only good at doing to groceries?
(a) Murdering.
(b) Dropping.
(c) Buying.
(d) Stealing.

2. What was in the smaller box in the tale of two boxes?
(a) A cake.
(b) A wallet.
(c) A pen and paper.
(d) A hammer and nail.

3. Who drowned in the Johnstown flood?
(a) A black man.
(b) Three children.
(c) A dog and a cat.
(d) A white woman.

4. Why is the rude person uninterested in speaking to the person who died in the Johnstown flood?
(a) She is busy watching her family.
(b) He is busy cleaning harps.
(c) She is too busy
(d) He knows all there is to know about floods.

5. How does Hurston become accepted by people in Chapter 4?
(a) Preaches to them.
(b) Gives them a ride in her car.
(c) Sells them some gin.
(d) Tells them she is a bootlegger.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does the deceased person speak to after dying in the Johnstown flood?

3. Where does the person go after dying in the Johnstown flood?

4. In Chapter 3, who ends the story by interrupting?

5. In Chapter 2, what is the occupation of the older brother in the story?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 211 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample