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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. What tile does Hurston receive after her initiation with Reverend Father Joe Watson?
(a) Boss of the wind.
(b) Boss of the candles.
(c) Boss of the grapes.
(d) Boss of the serpents.

2. Shug is short for _____________.
(a) Sugar.
(b) Shrugger.
(c) Shoulder.
(d) Shorty.

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

4. What is Reverend Father Joe Watson's special talent?
(a) Undoing spells.
(b) Predicting the future.
(c) Singing.
(d) Reading Latin.

5. Who is Eulalia?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A hairdresser.
(c) Hurston's sister.
(d) A practicioner of hoodoo.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mark C. Ford, why did the devil go to heaven?

2. Where is Hurston in Chapter 7?

3. What is wrong with the snail in the story about the snail couple?

4. How many initiations has Hurston gone through by the time she meets Luke Turner?

5. A man tells a story about firing a gun out the doorway. What time of day was it?

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