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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 develop her initial opinion of the townspeople in Chapter 4?
(a) They are on the run from the law.
(b) The spit on her.
(c) They wash her clothes.
(d) They offer her a hot meal.

2. How do young men get to dance at a "toe party"?
(a) They sing.
(b) They have a dance off.
(c) They fight.
(d) They pay.

3. Who is the rude person that the person who died in Johnstown flood encounters?
(a) Mary.
(b) Noah.
(c) God.
(d) Henry.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What street does Hurston stay on when she arrives in town?

2. Whom does the deceased person speak to after dying in the Johnstown flood?

3. Whom does Hurston plan to stay with in town?

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

5. Whom does the brother outsmart in John French's story?

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