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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. Who is invited to a "toe party" in Chapter 1?
(a) Hurston.
(b) May.
(c) June.
(d) Ellis.

2. What do people hide behind at a "toe party"?
(a) A donkey.
(b) A foot.
(c) A curtain.
(d) A door.

3. In Mathilda Mosley's story, woman asks God for ____________.
(a) Keys.
(b) Gold.
(c) A harp.
(d) Clothes.

4. What does a man tell Hurston some people are only good at doing to groceries?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Murdering.
(c) Buying.
(d) Dropping.

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 ate two chickens instead of four.
(c) He didn't hear his voice in the well.
(d) He slept through church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who drowned in the Johnstown flood?

2. How many times is Hurston "sold" at the "toe party"?

3. What does Hurston think of the local liquor served at the "toe party"?

4. What does the younger brother at the end of the story in Chapter 2 do for a living?

5. In Chapter 3, who ends the story by interrupting?

(see the answer key)

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