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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. How does Luke Turner react when he first meets Hurston?
(a) He turns her away.
(b) He embraces her.
(c) He runs away.
(d) He thinks she is nice.

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

3. What, according to Hurston, is the common link between those that practice Hoodoo?
(a) Marie Antoinette.
(b) The book of Hoodoo.
(c) Marie Leveau.
(d) Chicken scraps.

4. What do people make drinks out of at the joint?
(a) Beer and sugar.
(b) Sterno and sugar.
(c) Vodka and schnapps.
(d) Water and sugar.

5. What is the man in Larkins White's story doing?
(a) Going for a jog.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Walking to town.
(d) Eating lunch.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hurston want from Luke Turner?

3. Who does the snail husband go to find in the story of the two snails?

4. According to Floyd Thomas, why did God make the world?

5. In Chapter 7, someone is teased for not wanting to shoot ________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the spell Luke Turner casts to drive a man out of town? What did his customer want him to do originally, and why did she change her mind?

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

4. Describe Hurston's initiation under Turner.

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

6. Why is the dolphin's tale crosswise?

7. What is the significance of Eve of St. John's in Chapter 2?

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

9. Where does the slave get the name Big Sixteen from? What does he appear as today?

10. In Chapter 7, does there appear to be an order to the stories Hurston tells? If so, what is the order? If not, why is there no order?

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