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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. Why does Hurston travel to town?
(a) To find work.
(b) To raise her family.
(c) To find a man.
(d) To hear folktales.

2. Who raced to two packages in Chapter 4?
(a) Two children.
(b) Two women.
(c) A black man and a white man.
(d) A child.

3. In what city does Hurston stop in Chapter 4?
(a) Mobile.
(b) Loughma.
(c) Elkson.
(d) Everglade City.

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

5. Why did the man in Chapter 2 know he was not meant to be a preacher?
(a) He slept through church.
(b) He didn't hear his voice in the well.
(c) He did land on the other side of the log.
(d) He ate two chickens instead of four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first person to introduce himself to Hurston?

2. What part of the animal did John grab a hold of in Chapter 4?

3. A man in Chapter 4 claims he knew a man like the one who was dunked in the river. He claims he did not die. What happened to him?

4. Why did the man pull the sheet over his head every night in the story in Chapter 4?

5. Who drowned in the Johnstown flood?

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