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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Charlie say is the reason for why religions divide?
(a) Clouds.
(b) Water.
(c) Rivers.
(d) Rocks.

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

3. Why does Hurston want to go to a new location at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Family.
(b) Better neighborhoods.
(c) Her mother died.
(d) New stories.

4. Whom does the deceased person speak to after dying in the Johnstown flood?
(a) God.
(b) St. Peter.
(c) Henry.
(d) Satan.

5. Why are the people at Pine Mill afraid of Hurston?
(a) Her car.
(b) Her clothes.
(c) Her gun.
(d) Her loud voice.

6. Where does the person go after dying in the Johnstown flood?
(a) Miami.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Hell.
(d) Pergatory.

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

8. What sign does Hurston see in Chapter 4 that intrigues her?
(a) Everglades Cypress Lumber Company.
(b) Jack Hammer Cypress Camps.
(c) Historic Folktale Museum.
(d) Everglades Gator Tours.

9. Whom does John trick into holding the animal in the field?
(a) A student.
(b) A teacher.
(c) His master.
(d) A friend.

10. Who is the first person to introduce himself to Hurston?
(a) Mr. Spock.
(b) Mr. Piefer.
(c) Mr. Clean.
(d) Mr. Pitts.

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

12. Why, in Chapter 4, is the men's workday canceled?
(a) The rain.
(b) The foreman is ill.
(c) The snow.
(d) It's a holiday.

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

14. In Chapter 4, how long does John stay with the animal?
(a) All night.
(b) Two days.
(c) A week.
(d) Three days.

15. What was in the smaller box in the tale of two boxes?
(a) A wallet.
(b) A hammer and nail.
(c) A cake.
(d) A pen and paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the townspeople think about the author's choice of towns?

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

3. Why can't John let the animal he finds in the field go?

4. Who is Babe Hill?

5. What is the only part of the body women reveal at a "toe party"?

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