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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. What does "Big Moose done come down from de mountain" mean?
(a) Death is coming.
(b) Important things will happen.
(c) Winter is here.
(d) An earthquake is coming.

2. Who drowned in the Johnstown flood?
(a) Three children.
(b) A dog and a cat.
(c) A black man.
(d) A white woman.

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

4. Who raced to two packages in Chapter 4?
(a) Two children.
(b) A black man and a white man.
(c) Two women.
(d) A child.

5. What do the men hear in Chapter 6 on their way to the "jook joint"?
(a) An accident.
(b) Voices.
(c) Kissing.
(d) Fighting.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hurston become accepted by people in Chapter 4?

2. Why did the man in Chapter 2 know he was not meant to be a preacher?

3. How many people are at the "toe party" when Hurston arrives?

4. In Mathilda Mosley's story, woman asks God for ____________.

5. What do the townspeople think about the author's choice of towns?

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