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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Hoodoo, Chapters 1 through 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Hurston in Chapter 7?
(a) Reading a book.
(b) Eating in a cafe.
(c) Shopping in a store.
(d) Telling stories in a circle.

2. Why did the man pull the sheet over his head every night in the story in Chapter 4?
(a) His wife was ugly.
(b) He was afraid of ghosts.
(c) To let sleep in.
(d) He liked his house dark.

3. What, according to Hurston, is the common link between those that practice Hoodoo?
(a) Marie Antoinette.
(b) Chicken scraps.
(c) Marie Leveau.
(d) The book of Hoodoo.

4. What happened when the police tried to arrest Marie Leveau?
(a) They asked her for spells.
(b) She disappered in a cloud of smoke.
(c) She ran away.
(d) She died.

5. What falls off the branch and dies instantly in Larkins White's story?
(a) Owls.
(b) Turkeys.
(c) Rats.
(d) Leaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Mathilda Mosley tell in Chapter 2?

2. What caused Marie Leveau to commit to Hoodoo?

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

4. What game is going on at the joint in Chapter 9?

5. What does it mean if it rains at a funeral?

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