Mules and Men Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Mules and Men Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who drowned in the Johnstown flood?
(a) A dog and a cat.
(b) A white woman.
(c) A black man.
(d) Three children.

2. In what state does the author spend most of her time collecting stories?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Florida.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Maryland.

3. What is the fight that breaks out in Chapter 2 about?
(a) Skin color.
(b) Money.
(c) Politics.
(d) Drinking.

4. What street does Hurston stay on when she arrives in town?
(a) Front Street.
(b) Abbey Leaf Lane.
(c) Back Street.
(d) Cycle Lane.

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

6. Who says "Big Moose done come down from de mountain"?
(a) Jan Beaks.
(b) Gold.
(c) Charlie Jones.
(d) Hurston.

7. Why did John go to the field?
(a) He was lost.
(b) To tend to his crops.
(c) His master told him to go.
(d) His student ran away.

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

9. In Mathilda Mosley's story, woman asks God for ____________.
(a) Clothes.
(b) A harp.
(c) Keys.
(d) Gold.

10. In Chapter 4, what does Hurston initially think of the people in the city where she stops?
(a) She hates them.
(b) She trusts them.
(c) She likes them.
(d) She does not trust them.

11. What is the only part of the body women reveal at a "toe party"?
(a) A tongue.
(b) A toe.
(c) A foot.
(d) A finger.

12. Mr. Pitts teases Hurston in a ____________ voice.
(a) Falsetto.
(b) Gremlin.
(c) Alto.
(d) French.

13. Why is the rude person uninterested in speaking to the person who died in the Johnstown flood?
(a) She is too busy
(b) He is busy cleaning harps.
(c) She is busy watching her family.
(d) He knows all there is to know about floods.

14. Where were the drawers hanging when the second slave was beaten in Chapter 5?
(a) In the laundry machine.
(b) On the line.
(c) On a tree branch.
(d) On the missus.

15. Who is Babe Hill?
(a) A baseball player.
(b) A teacher.
(c) The mayor.
(d) A woman who murdered her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the man in the story in Chapter 4 that was dipped in the river?

2. What do the people in town want to know about the author when she arrives in town?

3. What dong does Hurston sing at the Pine Mill?

4. When does a "toe party" really start to get wild?

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

(see the answer keys)

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