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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Hoodoo, Chapters 1 through 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the rude person uninterested in speaking to the person who died in the Johnstown flood?
(a) He is busy cleaning harps.
(b) She is busy watching her family.
(c) She is too busy
(d) He knows all there is to know about floods.

2. Who does the snail husband go to find in the story of the two snails?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) Her mother.
(d) The ant.

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

4. "Flutter bys" later become known as ____________.
(a) Butterflies.
(b) Hummingbirds.
(c) Hail.
(d) Snowflakes.

5. Why does Hurston believe Luke Turner reacts the way he does to her?
(a) His natural confidence.
(b) He is married.
(c) He is selfish.
(d) He is stupid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was in the smaller box in the tale of two boxes?

2. Why does Hurston develop her initial opinion of the townspeople in Chapter 4?

3. What city does the author cross into at the start of the book?

4. Floyd Thomas says God has the right to ______________.

5. What is the only part of the body women reveal at a "toe party"?

(see the answer key)

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