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

5. Why was the first slave not punished for cussing out the master in Chapter 5?
(a) He didn't do it to his face.
(b) He did it in English.
(c) He used proper grammar.
(d) He did it in Spanish.

6. In Chapter 2, what topic do most of the stories cover?
(a) Monsters.
(b) Politics.
(c) Church.
(d) Animals.

7. What do the people in town want to know about the author when she arrives in town?
(a) If she has children.
(b) Her religion.
(c) How much she makes.
(d) How long she will be there.

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

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

10. What does the younger brother at the end of the story in Chapter 2 do for a living?
(a) Preaches.
(b) Rides in the rodeo.
(c) Cooks.
(d) Plows fields.

11. In Chapter 4, what was in the larger box in the tale of two boxes?
(a) A dog.
(b) A tent.
(c) A mirror.
(d) Tools.

12. Who is Ellis?
(a) A baker.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) Hurston's friend's husband.
(d) A priest.

13. How does Mr. Pitts plan to demonstrate his feelings towards Hurston?
(a) He will cook his own breakfast.
(b) He will take her to Paris.
(c) He will ignore her.
(d) He will wash her car.

14. Why does the person who died in the Johnstown flood say someone is rude?
(a) They wouldn't send him back.
(b) She yelled at him.
(c) They didn't open the gates.
(d) He doesn't listen to his story.

15. Who raced to two packages in Chapter 4?
(a) A black man and a white man.
(b) Two women.
(c) A child.
(d) Two children.