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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 invited to a "toe party" in Chapter 1?
(a) Ellis.
(b) Hurston.
(c) May.
(d) June.

2. Where does the person go after dying in the Johnstown flood?
(a) Pergatory.
(b) Miami.
(c) Hell.
(d) Heaven.

3. What stories do the men tell on the way to work in Chapter 4?
(a) About ugly people.
(b) About pretty people.
(c) About birds.
(d) About working in an office.

4. What do the people in town want to know about the author when she arrives in town?
(a) How much she makes.
(b) Her religion.
(c) If she has children.
(d) How long she will be there.

5. What story does Gold tell in Chapter 2?
(a) How the rhino got its horn.
(b) How the banker became greedy.
(c) Why churches are tall.
(d) How God created skin color.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Big Moose done come down from de mountain" mean?

2. Why does Hurston develop her initial opinion of the townspeople in Chapter 4?

3. What is Joe Wiley's story about in chapter 5?

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

5. Why is the rude person uninterested in speaking to the person who died in the Johnstown flood?

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