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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 banker became greedy.
(b) How God created skin color.
(c) How the rhino got its horn.
(d) Why churches are tall.

2. Whom does the deceased person speak to after dying in the Johnstown flood?
(a) Henry.
(b) God.
(c) Satan.
(d) St. Peter.

3. What does Hurston think of the local liquor served at the "toe party"?
(a) It is too strong.
(b) It is too weak.
(c) It tastes like water.
(d) It tastes great.

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

5. Why can't John let the animal he finds in the field go?
(a) He wants it as a pet.
(b) He wants to eat the animal.
(c) The animal will bring its friends.
(d) The animal will eat him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two people does Hurston say supply enough stories for one book?

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

3. 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?

4. In what city does Hurston stop in Chapter 4?

5. When does Hurston travel to Pine Mill?

(see the answer key)

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