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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. In the story about the slave and the gun, what was the slave sent to shoot?
(a) A bear.
(b) A dog.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) A deer.

2. When does a "toe party" really start to get wild?
(a) At 9 p.m.
(b) After appetizers.
(c) When the people from Eatonville arrive.
(d) When the band starts playing.

3. According to Floyd Thomas, why did God make the world?
(a) God needed entertaining.
(b) God was lonely.
(c) Adam needed some friends.
(d) The flowers were lonely.

4. What did God do with the tool to create the earth?
(a) Cut mountains.
(b) Cut scraps.
(c) Made paper dolls.
(d) Carved humans.

5. Whom does Hurston plan to stay with in town?
(a) Her friend.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't John let the animal he finds in the field go?

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?

3. Floyd Thomas says God has the right to ______________.

4. In what state does the author spend most of her time collecting stories?

5. Another man in Chapter 4 tells a story about a man dipped in a river. What river was the man dipped in?

(see the answer key)

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