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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 teacher.
(d) A student.

2. What is Joe Wiley's story about in chapter 5?
(a) A farm.
(b) Two slaves.
(c) A hitchhiker.
(d) Two thieves.

3. Why, in Chapter 4, is the men's workday canceled?
(a) The snow.
(b) It's a holiday.
(c) The foreman is ill.
(d) The rain.

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

5. What story does Gold tell in Chapter 2?
(a) How God created skin color.
(b) How the banker became greedy.
(c) How the rhino got its horn.
(d) Why churches are tall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hurston go to Pine Mill?

2. Why are the people at Pine Mill afraid of Hurston?

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

4. What caused the Johnstown flood?

5. What does a man tell Hurston some people are only good at doing to groceries?

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