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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Hoodoo, Chapters 1 through 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7, someone is teased for not wanting to shoot ________________.
(a) A robber.
(b) A gun.
(c) A bear.
(d) His neighbor.

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?
(a) He had the pretty stained on.
(b) He was uglied away.
(c) He mussed on the spricket.
(d) He ate the holy lemon.

3. Why did the man pull the sheet over his head every night in the story in Chapter 4?
(a) He was afraid of ghosts.
(b) His wife was ugly.
(c) He liked his house dark.
(d) To let sleep in.

4. What is Eulalia's specialty?
(a) The mind.
(b) Cooking meals.
(c) Poetry.
(d) The heart.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What tile does Hurston receive after her initiation with Reverend Father Joe Watson?

3. What is a swamper?

4. What do the people in town want to know about the author when she arrives in town?

5. Where does the person go after dying in the Johnstown flood?

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