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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Folk Tales, Chapters 1 through 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does a "toe party" really start to get wild?
(a) After appetizers.
(b) When the band starts playing.
(c) At 9 p.m.
(d) When the people from Eatonville arrive.

2. What is the only part of the body women reveal at a "toe party"?
(a) A tongue.
(b) A foot.
(c) A finger.
(d) A toe.

3. What does Charlie say is the reason for why religions divide?
(a) Clouds.
(b) Rivers.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Water.

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

5. Whom does the deceased person speak to after dying in the Johnstown flood?
(a) Henry.
(b) St. Peter.
(c) God.
(d) Satan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the rude person that the person who died in Johnstown flood encounters?

2. Whom does the brother outsmart in John French's story?

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

4. How do young men get to dance at a "toe party"?

5. In Chapter 3, who tells the first story?

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