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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 do the men react to their partners at a "toe party"?
(a) Everyone is happy.
(b) Some are disappointed.
(c) Men never see their partners, only their knees.
(d) No one is happy.

2. Who drowned in the Johnstown flood?
(a) Three children.
(b) A dog and a cat.
(c) A white woman.
(d) A black man.

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

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 Orlando would be better.
(d) They think she came to the right place.

5. In Chapter 3, who tells the first story?
(a) Gold.
(b) Julius.
(c) Mathilda.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What do people hide behind at a "toe party"?

5. In Chapter 2, what is the occupation of the older brother in the story?

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