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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 was being stolen from the field in the story from Chapter 4?
(a) Corn.
(b) Cows.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Green beans.

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

3. When does Hurston travel to Pine Mill?
(a) When the mood strikes her.
(b) Every third Sunday.
(c) March 6th.
(d) On payday.

4. In Chapter 5, why did the first slave avoid a beating for looking up the drawers?
(a) They were in the laundry room.
(b) They were on the missus.
(c) They were hanging on a tree.
(d) They were on the line.

5. Why can't John let the animal he finds in the field go?
(a) The animal will eat him.
(b) He wants to eat the animal.
(c) The animal will bring its friends.
(d) He wants it as a pet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Hurston in Chapter 7?

2. Why did the man pull the sheet over his head every night in the story in Chapter 4?

3. What does Hurston think of the local liquor served at the "toe party"?

4. Why did the bullet remain in the story about firing a gun out the doorway?

5. Where were the drawers hanging when the second slave was beaten in Chapter 5?

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