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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Hurston arrives at Pine Mill?
(a) She goes to work.
(b) The people elect her as mayor.
(c) No one asks her to dance.
(d) Everyone asks her to dance.

2. What do the men hear in Chapter 6 on their way to the "jook joint"?
(a) An accident.
(b) Voices.
(c) Kissing.
(d) Fighting.

3. Why did the man in Chapter 2 know he was not meant to be a preacher?
(a) He did land on the other side of the log.
(b) He ate two chickens instead of four.
(c) He slept through church.
(d) He didn't hear his voice in the well.

4. What stories do the men tell on the way to work in Chapter 4?
(a) About pretty people.
(b) About ugly people.
(c) About working in an office.
(d) About birds.

5. What city does the author cross into at the start of the book?
(a) Eatonville.
(b) Orlando.
(c) Jacksonville.
(d) Miami.

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

7. What street does Hurston stay on when she arrives in town?
(a) Front Street.
(b) Back Street.
(c) Cycle Lane.
(d) Abbey Leaf Lane.

8. What does "Big Moose done come down from de mountain" mean?
(a) Death is coming.
(b) Important things will happen.
(c) An earthquake is coming.
(d) Winter is here.

9. Who arrives in town at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) A travelling preacher.
(b) The mayor.
(c) A bank robber.
(d) Hurston's husband.

10. Where were the drawers hanging when the second slave was beaten in Chapter 5?
(a) On the line.
(b) In the laundry machine.
(c) On a tree branch.
(d) On the missus.

11. Where does the person go after dying in the Johnstown flood?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Hell.
(c) Miami.
(d) Pergatory.

12. In Chapter 4, where does Hurston initially plan to follow the men to work?
(a) The beach.
(b) The swamp.
(c) The mall.
(d) The mill.

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

14. What was in the smaller box in the tale of two boxes?
(a) A pen and paper.
(b) A wallet.
(c) A hammer and nail.
(d) A cake.

15. What do the townspeople think about the author's choice of towns?
(a) They wish she would leave.
(b) They think she came to the right place.
(c) They are indifferent.
(d) They think Orlando would be better.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is invited to a "toe party" in Chapter 1?

2. In Chapter 3, who ends the story by interrupting?

3. Why does Hurston develop her initial opinion of the townspeople in Chapter 4?

4. What does Hurston believe must occur before justice is reached?

5. In Chapter 4, the men tell stories about bosses. What are the bosses like?

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