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

2. How long does the "toe party" last?
(a) Till 5 a.m.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Till the cops arrive.
(d) Several hours.

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

4. What is the fight that breaks out in Chapter 2 about?
(a) Money.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Politics.
(d) Skin color.

5. What story does Mathilda Mosley tell in Chapter 2?
(a) How men take advantage of women.
(b) How zebras got their stripes.
(c) How lawyers speak to satan.
(d) How women take advantage of men.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In Mathilda Mosley's story, woman asks God for ____________.

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

(see the answer key)

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