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

2. What street does Hurston stay on when she arrives in town?
(a) Cycle Lane.
(b) Abbey Leaf Lane.
(c) Front Street.
(d) Back Street.

3. What do the townspeople think about the author's choice of towns?
(a) They are indifferent.
(b) They think Orlando would be better.
(c) They wish she would leave.
(d) They think she came to the right place.

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

5. Why did the man in Chapter 2 know he was not meant to be a preacher?
(a) He did land on the other side of the log.
(b) He didn't hear his voice in the well.
(c) He ate two chickens instead of four.
(d) He slept through church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who drowned in the Johnstown flood?

2. What story does Mathilda Mosley tell in Chapter 2?

3. Why does Hurston want to go to a new location at the end of Chapter 3?

4. Who is invited to a "toe party" in Chapter 1?

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

(see the answer key)

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