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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 is the first person to introduce himself to Hurston?
(a) Mr. Spock.
(b) Mr. Clean.
(c) Mr. Piefer.
(d) Mr. Pitts.

2. Why does the person who died in the Johnstown flood say someone is rude?
(a) She yelled at him.
(b) They wouldn't send him back.
(c) They didn't open the gates.
(d) He doesn't listen to his story.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hurston claim the Sheriff will do to the woman who killed five men?

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

4. What are the men doing at the start of Chapter 6?

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

(see the answer key)

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