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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) At 9 p.m.
(c) When the band starts playing.
(d) When the people from Eatonville arrive.

2. Who is the rude person that the person who died in Johnstown flood encounters?
(a) Noah.
(b) Henry.
(c) Mary.
(d) God.

3. Who is Ellis?
(a) Hurston's friend's husband.
(b) A baker.
(c) A priest.
(d) The sheriff.

4. How many people are at the "toe party" when Hurston arrives?
(a) Several.
(b) None.
(c) A hundred.
(d) Three.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the fight that breaks out in Chapter 2 about?

2. What is James Mosely's story about?

3. What do the people in town want to know about the author when she arrives in town?

4. Who says "Big Moose done come down from de mountain"?

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

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