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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. Shug is short for _____________.
(a) Sugar.
(b) Shoulder.
(c) Shrugger.
(d) Shorty.

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

3. Why does Hurston want to go to a new location at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Her mother died.
(b) New stories.
(c) Better neighborhoods.
(d) Family.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the people in town want to know about the author when she arrives in town?

2. Who says "Big Moose done come down from de mountain"?

3. Who drowned in the Johnstown flood?

4. What is the only part of the body women reveal at a "toe party"?

5. How long does Hurston plan on staying in town?

(see the answer key)

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