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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Folk Tales, Chapters 7 through 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does the deceased person speak to after dying in the Johnstown flood?
(a) God.
(b) Henry.
(c) Satan.
(d) St. Peter.

2. What sign does Hurston see in Chapter 4 that intrigues her?
(a) Historic Folktale Museum.
(b) Everglades Cypress Lumber Company.
(c) Everglades Gator Tours.
(d) Jack Hammer Cypress Camps.

3. What is James Mosely's story about?
(a) Eight angels.
(b) Three pigs.
(c) Two angels.
(d) Two wolves.

4. Where does Hurston travel to in Chapter 10?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Baltimore, Annapolis, and Bethesda.
(c) Mulberry, Pierce, and Lakeland.
(d) Orlando.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the boss dock the workers' pay after the boiler explosion?

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

3. In Chapter 4, what does Hurston claim that she does not want to do to the reader?

4. In Chapter 9, Hurston warns that it is harmful to _____________.

5. In Chapter 5, why did the first slave avoid a beating for looking up the drawers?

(see the answer key)

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