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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Folk Tales, Chapters 7 through 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused the Johnstown flood?
(a) Damaged levies.
(b) Breaking barrels.
(c) Heavy rain.
(d) Poor government.

2. A man in Chapter 4 claims he knew a man like the one who was dunked in the river. He claims he did not die. What happened to him?
(a) He mussed on the spricket.
(b) He ate the holy lemon.
(c) He was uglied away.
(d) He had the pretty stained on.

3. In Chapter 4, what does Hurston initially think of the people in the city where she stops?
(a) She likes them.
(b) She hates them.
(c) She does not trust them.
(d) She trusts them.

4. In what state does the author spend most of her time collecting stories?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Florida.

5. What does Mark C. Ford ask Hurston about a dolphin's tail?
(a) If she has skinned one.
(b) If she knows it's crosswise.
(c) If she has eaten one.
(d) If she has touched one.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Hurston travel to Pine Mill?

2. Who says "Big Moose done come down from de mountain"?

3. Who is the person that is traveling in this book?

4. What are the men doing at the start of Chapter 6?

5. Mark C. Ford compares the dolphin to _________________.

(see the answer key)

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