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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. Who arrives in town at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Hurston's husband.
(b) The mayor.
(c) A travelling preacher.
(d) A bank robber.

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

3. Who is the person that is traveling in this book?
(a) Jake.
(b) Gold.
(c) Mule boy.
(d) Hurston.

4. What are the men doing at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Playing cards.
(d) Singing.

5. In Chapter 4, what does Hurston initially think of the people in the city where she stops?
(a) She hates them.
(b) She trusts them.
(c) She does not trust them.
(d) She likes them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the Johnstown flood?

2. Who is Babe Hill?

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

4. How do young men get to dance at a "toe party"?

5. Shug is short for _____________.

(see the answer key)

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