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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. Why did John go to the field?
(a) His student ran away.
(b) His master told him to go.
(c) He was lost.
(d) To tend to his crops.

2. Why does Hurston go to Pine Mill?
(a) To hear a story.
(b) To meet her mother.
(c) For a dance.
(d) To work.

3. What does the man go to find in Larkins White's story to carry home all of his belongings?
(a) A wagon.
(b) A wheelbarrow.
(c) A car.
(d) A carriage.

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

5. In Chapter 9, what threat does the Quarter Boss make?
(a) He will leave leave town.
(b) He will thrash anyone who talks back to him.
(c) He will fine everyone in the town.
(d) He will throw troublemakers in jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hurston believe must occur before justice is reached?

2. What is the only part of the body women reveal at a "toe party"?

3. What does the man in Larkins White's story smother?

4. What is the fight that breaks out in Chapter 2 about?

5. Why did the slave refuse to shoot his master's gun in Chapter 7?

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