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

2. What does the younger brother at the end of the story in Chapter 2 do for a living?
(a) Rides in the rodeo.
(b) Preaches.
(c) Cooks.
(d) Plows fields.

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

4. How man people arrive at "Mets" house to tell stories the first night?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

5. What does a man tell Hurston some people are only good at doing to groceries?
(a) Dropping.
(b) Murdering.
(c) Buying.
(d) Stealing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which two people does Hurston say supply enough stories for one book?

3. In Chapter 3, who tells the first story?

4. Where does the person go after dying in the Johnstown flood?

5. What caused the Johnstown flood?

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