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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 liked his house dark.
(c) He was afraid of ghosts.
(d) To let sleep in.

4. What happens when Hurston arrives at Pine Mill?
(a) Everyone asks her to dance.
(b) She goes to work.
(c) The people elect her as mayor.
(d) No one asks her to dance.

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

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

7. In Chapter 4, where does Hurston initially plan to follow the men to work?
(a) The beach.
(b) The mall.
(c) The mill.
(d) The swamp.

8. Why did the man in Chapter 2 know he was not meant to be a preacher?
(a) He slept through church.
(b) He ate two chickens instead of four.
(c) He didn't hear his voice in the well.
(d) He did land on the other side of the log.

9. What county does Hurston travel toward in Chapter 4?
(a) Dade.
(b) Orange.
(c) Brevard.
(d) Polk.

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

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

12. In Chapter 3, who tells the first story?
(a) Julius.
(b) John.
(c) Mathilda.
(d) Gold.

13. A man in Chapter 4 claims he knew a man like the one who was dunked in the river. He claims he did not die. What happened to him?
(a) He mussed on the spricket.
(b) He had the pretty stained on.
(c) He was uglied away.
(d) He ate the holy lemon.

14. What story does Mathilda Mosley tell in Chapter 2?
(a) How zebras got their stripes.
(b) How lawyers speak to satan.
(c) How men take advantage of women.
(d) How women take advantage of men.

15. Another man in Chapter 4 tells a story about a man dipped in a river. What river was the man dipped in?
(a) Mississippi River.
(b) Hudson River.
(c) Erie River.
(d) Salty River.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the animal did John grab a hold of in Chapter 4?

2. What sign does Hurston see in Chapter 4 that intrigues her?

3. How man people arrive at "Mets" house to tell stories the first night?

4. Who is the person that is traveling in this book?

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

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