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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Folk Tales, Chapters 4 through 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does John trick into holding the animal in the field?
(a) A friend.
(b) His master.
(c) A student.
(d) A teacher.

2. In Mathilda Mosley's story, woman asks God for ____________.
(a) Clothes.
(b) Gold.
(c) Keys.
(d) A harp.

3. Why does Hurston want to go to a new location at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) New stories.
(b) Better neighborhoods.
(c) Her mother died.
(d) Family.

4. Why did the boss dock the workers' pay after the boiler explosion?
(a) The mill closed.
(b) They were up in the air.
(c) They caused the explosion.
(d) The money burned in the fire.

5. What is the fight that breaks out in Chapter 2 about?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Politics.
(c) Money.
(d) Skin color.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what city does Hurston stop in Chapter 4?

3. Who arrives in town at the end of Chapter 6?

4. What do people hide behind at a "toe party"?

5. What story does Gold tell in Chapter 2?

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