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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 does Mr. Pitts plan to demonstrate his feelings towards Hurston?
(a) He will take her to Paris.
(b) He will wash her car.
(c) He will cook his own breakfast.
(d) He will ignore her.

2. Why was the first slave not punished for cussing out the master in Chapter 5?
(a) He didn't do it to his face.
(b) He did it in Spanish.
(c) He used proper grammar.
(d) He did it in English.

3. In Chapter 7, someone is teased for not wanting to shoot ________________.
(a) A robber.
(b) A bear.
(c) A gun.
(d) His neighbor.

4. What dong does Hurston sing at the Pine Mill?
(a) "Old Sam."
(b) "Dear John."
(c) "James Smith."
(d) "John Henry."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, who is John?

2. In Chapter 4, the men tell stories about bosses. What are the bosses like?

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

4. Who drowned in the Johnstown flood?

5. What do the men hear in Chapter 6 on their way to the "jook joint"?

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