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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. What caused the Johnstown flood?
(a) Poor government.
(b) Heavy rain.
(c) Breaking barrels.
(d) Damaged levies.

2. In Chapter 3, who ends the story by interrupting?
(a) Kenny.
(b) John.
(c) Kyle.
(d) Jack.

3. What does "Big Moose done come down from de mountain" mean?
(a) An earthquake is coming.
(b) Important things will happen.
(c) Winter is here.
(d) Death is coming.

4. In Chapter 2, what topic do most of the stories cover?
(a) Monsters.
(b) Politics.
(c) Church.
(d) Animals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the rude person that the person who died in Johnstown flood encounters?

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

3. Whom does the brother outsmart in John French's story?

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

5. When does a "toe party" really start to get wild?

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