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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) Several.
(c) A hundred.
(d) Three.

2. What do the people in town want to know about the author when she arrives in town?
(a) If she has children.
(b) How long she will be there.
(c) Her religion.
(d) How much she makes.

3. Who is the person that is traveling in this book?
(a) Mule boy.
(b) Jake.
(c) Gold.
(d) Hurston.

4. What does Hurston think of the local liquor served at the "toe party"?
(a) It is too weak.
(b) It is too strong.
(c) It tastes like water.
(d) It tastes great.

5. What occasionally happens at a "toe party" when a man is disappointed with his partner?
(a) He slaps her.
(b) He runs.
(c) He kisses her.
(d) He screams.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who drowned in the Johnstown flood?

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

4. Shug is short for _____________.

5. What street does Hurston stay on when she arrives in town?

(see the answer key)

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