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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Folk Tales, Chapters 4 through 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did John go to the field?
(a) His student ran away.
(b) To tend to his crops.
(c) His master told him to go.
(d) He was lost.

3. What do the men hear in Chapter 6 on their way to the "jook joint"?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Voices.
(c) An accident.
(d) Kissing.

4. Why did the man pull the sheet over his head every night in the story in Chapter 4?
(a) To let sleep in.
(b) He liked his house dark.
(c) His wife was ugly.
(d) He was afraid of ghosts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What stories do the men tell on the way to work in Chapter 4?

2. Why can't John let the animal he finds in the field go?

3. Where were the drawers hanging when the second slave was beaten in Chapter 5?

4. How does Hurston become accepted by people in Chapter 4?

5. What does Hurston believe must occur before justice is reached?

(see the answer key)

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