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

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

3. Why is the rude person uninterested in speaking to the person who died in the Johnstown flood?
(a) She is busy watching her family.
(b) He is busy cleaning harps.
(c) He knows all there is to know about floods.
(d) She is too busy

4. Which two people does Hurston say supply enough stories for one book?
(a) George and Jan.
(b) Suzy and Leo.
(c) Sweet Pea and Linus.
(d) Charlie and George.

5. Where does Hurston end up following the men to work in Chapter 4?
(a) The mill.
(b) The swamp.
(c) The mall.
(d) The beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is invited to a "toe party" in Chapter 1?

2. What city does the author cross into at the start of the book?

3. Why was the second slave beaten for cussing at the master in Joe Wiley's story?

4. How man people arrive at "Mets" house to tell stories the first night?

5. Why does Hurston travel to town?

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