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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Big Sweet?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A woman who tries to fight with Hurston.
(c) A woman who promises to watch out for Hurston.
(d) A cook.

2. What does it mean if a murder victim is buried sitting up?
(a) Justice will be swift.
(b) The dead will haunt your house.
(c) Justice will be slow.
(d) The dead will return.

3. How many initiations has Hurston gone through by the time she meets Luke Turner?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) None.
(d) One.

4. How does Hurston get Luke Tuner to speak about Marie Leveau?
(a) She "sweet as sugar" to him.
(b) She "dickers" with him.
(c) She "dances the jig" with him.
(d) She "picks his noggin."

5. What is wrong with the snail in the story about the snail couple?
(a) She is lazy.
(b) She is ill.
(c) She is in love.
(d) She is looking for work.

6. What are "flutter bys"?
(a) Scraps that God created.
(b) Memories.
(c) Snowflakes.
(d) Fairies.

7. What does Hurston want from Luke Turner?
(a) A child.
(b) For him to teach her.
(c) A place to live.
(d) Money.

8. What does Mark C. Ford ask Hurston about a dolphin's tail?
(a) If she has skinned one.
(b) If she has touched one.
(c) If she knows it's crosswise.
(d) If she has eaten one.

9. What do Hurston and Luke Turner kill at the swamp?
(a) A chicken.
(b) A snake.
(c) A bear.
(d) A sheep.

10. How many loads of ammunition are in the gun in Larkins White's story?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

11. In the story about the slave and the gun, what was the slave sent to shoot?
(a) A dog.
(b) A deer.
(c) A bear.
(d) A neighbor.

12. What did God create at around half-past five on the sixth day?
(a) Religion.
(b) Mountains.
(c) Man.
(d) Fish.

13. Why does Reverend Father Joe Watson's wife plan to leave him?
(a) She knows she can be replaced.
(b) She wants a man with more money.
(c) She wants children.
(d) She is converting to a new religion.

14. Why does Hurston believe Luke Turner reacts the way he does to her?
(a) He is stupid.
(b) He is selfish.
(c) His natural confidence.
(d) He is married.

15. What happens to someone if found in possession of a drink at the joint?
(a) They have to make a public apology.
(b) They are beaten.
(c) They have to leave.
(d) They might go to jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man in Larkins White's story sees _______________.

2. Who does the snail husband go to find in the story of the two snails?

3. In Chapter 4, what must Hurston catch to complete her first spell?

4. How much does Dr. Duke charge?

5. How does Hurston prepare to write about hoodoo?

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