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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. How long does Hurston plan on staying in town?
(a) Several months.
(b) A year.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) One month.

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

3. What was being stolen from the field in the story from Chapter 4?
(a) Corn.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Cows.
(d) Green beans.

4. Why did the boss dock the workers' pay after the boiler explosion?
(a) They were up in the air.
(b) They caused the explosion.
(c) The mill closed.
(d) The money burned in the fire.

5. Who is Babe Hill?
(a) A baseball player.
(b) A teacher.
(c) The mayor.
(d) A woman who murdered her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when the police tried to arrest Marie Leveau?

2. When does Hurston travel to Pine Mill?

3. Mr. Pitts teases Hurston in a ____________ voice.

4. Why are the people at Pine Mill afraid of Hurston?

5. In the story about firing the gun out the doorway, what is the cause of the strange noise?

(see the answer key)

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