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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. What occasionally happens at a "toe party" when a man is disappointed with his partner?
(a) He runs.
(b) He kisses her.
(c) He screams.
(d) He slaps her.

2. What story does Mathilda Mosley tell in Chapter 2?
(a) How women take advantage of men.
(b) How lawyers speak to satan.
(c) How zebras got their stripes.
(d) How men take advantage of women.

3. In Chapter 4, where does Hurston initially plan to follow the men to work?
(a) The mill.
(b) The swamp.
(c) The mall.
(d) The beach.

4. Why did the boss dock the workers' pay after the boiler explosion?
(a) They caused the explosion.
(b) The money burned in the fire.
(c) The mill closed.
(d) They were up in the air.

5. What does Hurston claim the Sheriff will do to the woman who killed five men?
(a) Scold her.
(b) Shoot her.
(c) Arrest her.
(d) Reward her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Hurston in Chapter 7?

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

3. Which two people does Hurston say supply enough stories for one book?

4. A man in Chapter 4 claims he knew a man like the one who was dunked in the river. He claims he did not die. What happened to him?

5. Who is the first person to introduce himself to Hurston?

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