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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. How do the men react to their partners at a "toe party"?
(a) Everyone is happy.
(b) Some are disappointed.
(c) Men never see their partners, only their knees.
(d) No one is happy.

2. Who is invited to a "toe party" in Chapter 1?
(a) May.
(b) June.
(c) Ellis.
(d) Hurston.

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

4. In Chapter 5, why did the first slave avoid a beating for looking up the drawers?
(a) They were in the laundry room.
(b) They were hanging on a tree.
(c) They were on the missus.
(d) They were on the line.

5. What happens to Hurston in Chapter 9?
(a) She meets her husband.
(b) She buys a car.
(c) She wins the lotto.
(d) She gets into a fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Quarter Boss do in Chapter 9?

2. "Flutter bys" later become known as ____________.

3. In Chapter 4, what does Hurston claim that she does not want to do to the reader?

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

5. What stories do the men tell on the way to work in Chapter 4?

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