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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Folk Tales, Chapters 7 through 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hurston learn in the letter from Big Sweet?
(a) Someone died.
(b) Her mother died.
(c) She is invited to a wedding.
(d) Big Sweet is pregnant.

2. What does the man go to find in Larkins White's story to carry home all of his belongings?
(a) A carriage.
(b) A wagon.
(c) A car.
(d) A wheelbarrow.

3. In the story about firing the gun out the doorway, what is the cause of the strange noise?
(a) A ghost.
(b) The bullet.
(c) The gun.
(d) A hen.

4. In Chapter 4, where does Hurston initially plan to follow the men to work?
(a) The mall.
(b) The beach.
(c) The mill.
(d) The swamp.

5. What is the fight that breaks out in Chapter 2 about?
(a) Money.
(b) Politics.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Skin color.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the bullet remain in the story about firing a gun out the doorway?

2. A man in Chapter 4 claims he knew a man like the one who was dunked in the river. He claims he did not die. What happened to him?

3. How many people are at the "toe party" when Hurston arrives?

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

5. What does Hurston believe must occur before justice is reached?

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