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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mr. Pitts plan to demonstrate his feelings towards Hurston?
(a) He will cook his own breakfast.
(b) He will take her to Paris.
(c) He will wash her car.
(d) He will ignore her.

2. Another man in Chapter 4 tells a story about a man dipped in a river. What river was the man dipped in?
(a) Salty River.
(b) Mississippi River.
(c) Hudson River.
(d) Erie River.

3. What happens when Hurston arrives at Pine Mill?
(a) Everyone asks her to dance.
(b) She goes to work.
(c) The people elect her as mayor.
(d) No one asks her to dance.

4. In what city does Hurston stop in Chapter 4?
(a) Mobile.
(b) Elkson.
(c) Loughma.
(d) Everglade City.

5. Why was the second slave beaten for cussing at the master in Joe Wiley's story?
(a) He hit the master.
(b) He did it in French.
(c) He did it to his face.
(d) He used incorrect grammar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Hurston plan to stay with in town?

3. What does Hurston claim the Sheriff will do to the woman who killed five men?

4. In Chapter 2, what topic do most of the stories cover?

5. How to the men react to the new person in town at the end of Chapter 6?

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