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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. What is Joe Wiley's story about in chapter 5?
(a) Two thieves.
(b) Two slaves.
(c) A farm.
(d) A hitchhiker.

2. What occasionally happens at a "toe party" when a man is disappointed with his partner?
(a) He screams.
(b) He kisses her.
(c) He slaps her.
(d) He runs.

3. Why is the rude person uninterested in speaking to the person who died in the Johnstown flood?
(a) She is too busy
(b) He is busy cleaning harps.
(c) He knows all there is to know about floods.
(d) She is busy watching her family.

4. Why does Hurston travel to town?
(a) To hear folktales.
(b) To raise her family.
(c) To find work.
(d) To find a man.

5. Who is Ellis?
(a) A baker.
(b) A priest.
(c) The sheriff.
(d) Hurston's friend's husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did John go to the field?

2. Who says "Big Moose done come down from de mountain"?

3. Why did the man in Chapter 2 know he was not meant to be a preacher?

4. When does Hurston travel to Pine Mill?

5. What is the fight that breaks out in Chapter 2 about?

(see the answer key)

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