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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 caused the Johnstown flood?
(a) Poor government.
(b) Damaged levies.
(c) Heavy rain.
(d) Breaking barrels.

2. In Chapter 4, the men tell stories about bosses. What are the bosses like?
(a) Nice.
(b) Annoying.
(c) Funny.
(d) Mean.

3. Which two people does Hurston say supply enough stories for one book?
(a) Sweet Pea and Linus.
(b) Charlie and George.
(c) Suzy and Leo.
(d) George and Jan.

4. What story does Mathilda Mosley tell in Chapter 2?
(a) How lawyers speak to satan.
(b) How women take advantage of men.
(c) How zebras got their stripes.
(d) How men take advantage of women.

5. What city does the author cross into at the start of the book?
(a) Orlando.
(b) Jacksonville.
(c) Miami.
(d) Eatonville.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the person that is traveling in this book?

2. What are the men doing at the start of Chapter 6?

3. Why did John go to the field?

4. What does Hurston say she learns about in Chapter 10?

5. What happens to Hurston in Chapter 9?

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