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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 is the man waiting for at the end of Larkins White's story?
(a) The horse to wake up.
(b) The traces to dry.
(c) The traces to melt.
(d) His friend to pick him up.

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

3. How does Hurston become accepted by people in Chapter 4?
(a) Gives them a ride in her car.
(b) Sells them some gin.
(c) Preaches to them.
(d) Tells them she is a bootlegger.

4. What do the people in town want to know about the author when she arrives in town?
(a) How long she will be there.
(b) Her religion.
(c) How much she makes.
(d) If she has children.

5. Who is Ellis?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) A priest.
(c) Hurston's friend's husband.
(d) A baker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in Larkins White's story when the gun explodes?

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

3. Who is the first person to introduce himself to Hurston?

4. Who does the snail husband bring back to his snail wife?

5. Who drowned in the Johnstown flood?

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