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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When does Hurston travel to Pine Mill?
(a) March 6th.
(b) When the mood strikes her.
(c) On payday.
(d) Every third Sunday.
2. Where were the drawers hanging when the second slave was beaten in Chapter 5?
(a) On a tree branch.
(b) On the missus.
(c) In the laundry machine.
(d) On the line.
3. How many people are at the "toe party" when Hurston arrives?
(a) A hundred.
(b) Three.
(c) Several.
(d) None.
4. What are the men doing at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) Playing cards.
(b) Singing.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Fishing.
5. Why does Hurston want to go to a new location at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Better neighborhoods.
(b) New stories.
(c) Her mother died.
(d) Family.
6. Who drowned in the Johnstown flood?
(a) A white woman.
(b) A black man.
(c) Three children.
(d) A dog and a cat.
7. How does Mr. Pitts plan to demonstrate his feelings towards Hurston?
(a) He will wash her car.
(b) He will cook his own breakfast.
(c) He will take her to Paris.
(d) He will ignore her.
8. Who says "Big Moose done come down from de mountain"?
(a) Hurston.
(b) Jan Beaks.
(c) Charlie Jones.
(d) Gold.
9. In Chapter 2, what topic do most of the stories cover?
(a) Church.
(b) Politics.
(c) Monsters.
(d) Animals.
10. Which two people does Hurston say supply enough stories for one book?
(a) Charlie and George.
(b) Sweet Pea and Linus.
(c) Suzy and Leo.
(d) George and Jan.
11. Who is the rude person that the person who died in Johnstown flood encounters?
(a) God.
(b) Henry.
(c) Noah.
(d) Mary.
12. What occasionally happens at a "toe party" when a man is disappointed with his partner?
(a) He slaps her.
(b) He kisses her.
(c) He runs.
(d) He screams.
13. What do the people in town want to know about the author when she arrives in town?
(a) Her religion.
(b) How much she makes.
(c) How long she will be there.
(d) If she has children.
14. Why did the man pull the sheet over his head every night in the story in Chapter 4?
(a) He was afraid of ghosts.
(b) To let sleep in.
(c) He liked his house dark.
(d) His wife was ugly.
15. Whom does the deceased person speak to after dying in the Johnstown flood?
(a) God.
(b) Satan.
(c) St. Peter.
(d) Henry.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the person that is traveling in this book?
2. What does Hurston believe must occur before justice is reached?
3. What happens when Hurston arrives at Pine Mill?
4. Why did the man in Chapter 2 know he was not meant to be a preacher?
5. Why does Hurston go to Pine Mill?
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