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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Hurston in Chapter 9?
(a) She wins the lotto.
(b) She buys a car.
(c) She gets into a fight.
(d) She meets her husband.

3. Who is Luke Turner?
(a) The local sheriff.
(b) The son of Marie Leveau.
(c) Hurston's husband.
(d) The nephew of Marie Leveau.

4. "Flutter bys" later become known as ____________.
(a) Hail.
(b) Snowflakes.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Hummingbirds.

5. What does it mean if it rains at a funeral?
(a) The angels are sad.
(b) A storm is coming.
(c) God is displeased.
(d) God is happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people make drinks out of at the joint?

2. Floyd Thomas says God has the right to ______________.

3. What are "flutter bys"?

4. How does Hurston get Luke Tuner to speak about Marie Leveau?

5. What is a swamper?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the spell Luke Turner casts to drive a man out of town? What did his customer want him to do originally, and why did she change her mind?

2. Who is Luke Turner, and how does he treat Hurston upon meeting her? How does Hurston get Luke Turner to help her?

3. How does Hurston describe the creation of the world in Chapter 1?

4. Explain what it means if it rains at a funeral?

5. What does Hurston believe Hoodoo is about? Who is Hurston's first teacher?

6. Explain how "butterflies" came to be according to Floyd Thomas.

7. Who is Anatol Pierre? Describe some of Hurston's experiences with this man.

8. How does the man kill four different animals with one bullet in Chapter 7?

9. Who is Dr. Samuel Jenkins? What is his clientele like? Why do you think he chooses to work with these people?

10. What is the purpose of "big women" and "lil' women"?

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