4. 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 in the laundry room.
(d) They were on the line.

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

6. Why was the first slave not punished for cussing out the master in Chapter 5?
(a) He didn't do it to his face.
(b) He did it in Spanish.
(c) He used proper grammar.
(d) He did it in English.

7. What do the townspeople think about the author's choice of towns?
(a) They think Orlando would be better.
(b) They are indifferent.
(c) They wish she would leave.
(d) They think she came to the right place.

8. Why does Hurston develop her initial opinion of the townspeople in Chapter 4?
(a) They offer her a hot meal.
(b) They wash her clothes.
(c) The spit on her.
(d) They are on the run from the law.

9. Why did John go to the field?
(a) To tend to his crops.
(b) He was lost.
(c) His student ran away.
(d) His master told him to go.

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

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

12. How do young men get to dance at a "toe party"?
(a) They fight.
(b) They pay.
(c) They have a dance off.
(d) They sing.

13. Why did the boss dock the workers' pay after the boiler explosion?
(a) The money burned in the fire.
(b) They were up in the air.
(c) The mill closed.
(d) They caused the explosion.

14. John discovers _____________ stealing from the field.
(a) A cat.
(b) A lion.
(c) A bear.
(d) A dog.

15. Who is Ellis?
(a) A baker.
(b) Hurston's friend's husband.
(c) A priest.
(d) The sheriff.