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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 story does Gold tell in Chapter 2?
(a) How the rhino got its horn.
(b) How God created skin color.
(c) How the banker became greedy.
(d) Why churches are tall.

2. Why does Hurston want to go to a new location at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Her mother died.
(b) New stories.
(c) Better neighborhoods.
(d) Family.

3. Whom does John trick into holding the animal in the field?
(a) A student.
(b) His master.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A friend.

4. In Chapter 2, what topic do most of the stories cover?
(a) Monsters.
(b) Animals.
(c) Church.
(d) Politics.

5. What sign does Hurston see in Chapter 4 that intrigues her?
(a) Everglades Cypress Lumber Company.
(b) Historic Folktale Museum.
(c) Everglades Gator Tours.
(d) Jack Hammer Cypress Camps.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do young men get to dance at a "toe party"?

2. Where were the drawers hanging when the second slave was beaten in Chapter 5?

3. When does Hurston travel to Pine Mill?

4. What do the townspeople think about the author's choice of towns?

5. What dong does Hurston sing at the Pine Mill?

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