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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9, Hurston warns that it is harmful to _____________.
(a) Eat red meat.
(b) Go to war.
(c) Cross the street at Baker Road.
(d) Drink.

2. What happened when the police tried to arrest Marie Leveau?
(a) She ran away.
(b) She died.
(c) They asked her for spells.
(d) She disappered in a cloud of smoke.

3. How does Hurston convince Luke Turner to speak with her?
(a) She kisses him.
(b) She hits him with her car.
(c) She shouts at him.
(d) She offers him money.

4. In Chapter 1 of Hoodoo, what does Hurston realize?
(a) She is broke.
(b) There is a limit to her resources.
(c) Winter is coming.
(d) She is getting old.

5. In Chapter 4, Hurston does her first consultation for _____________.
(a) A woman whose husband cheated on her.
(b) A woman whose husband was murdered.
(c) A child who was kidnapped.
(d) A mother who is infertile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did God create at around half-past five on the sixth day?

2. How long does Luke Turner have to live?

3. When was Marie Leveau born?

4. What happens to someone if found in possession of a drink at the joint?

5. What is the man in Larkins White's story doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the man kill four different animals with one bullet in Chapter 7?

2. Compare and contrast Everglades Cypress Lumber Company to the housing in Pierce.

3. Describe the law over alcohol Hurston describes in Chapter 9. How is alcohol made?

4. Explain how "butterflies" came to be according to Floyd Thomas.

5. Who is Anatol Pierre? Describe some of Hurston's experiences with this man.

6. What is ironic about the story where a slave is afraid to shoot his master's gun uphill?

7. What does Hurston discover is the common link between those practicing Hoodoo? Why is this link important?

8. Why do people say "unh-hunh" ?

9. Describe Hurston's final story in Chapter 7 about the rat and the cat.

10. Who is Luke Turner, and how does he treat Hurston upon meeting her? How does Hurston get Luke Turner to help her?

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