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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was being stolen from the field in the story from Chapter 4?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Cows.
(c) Green beans.
(d) Corn.
2. Whom does John trick into holding the animal in the field?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A friend.
(c) His master.
(d) A student.
3. Why does the person who died in the Johnstown flood say someone is rude?
(a) They wouldn't send him back.
(b) He doesn't listen to his story.
(c) They didn't open the gates.
(d) She yelled at him.
4. What is Joe Wiley's story about in chapter 5?
(a) A hitchhiker.
(b) Two thieves.
(c) Two slaves.
(d) A farm.
5. What was in the smaller box in the tale of two boxes?
(a) A hammer and nail.
(b) A cake.
(c) A wallet.
(d) A pen and paper.
6. What is James Mosely's story about?
(a) Three pigs.
(b) Two angels.
(c) Two wolves.
(d) Eight angels.
7. How many times is Hurston "sold" at the "toe party"?
(a) Ten times.
(b) One time.
(c) Five times.
(d) Never.
8. In Chapter 4, what was in the larger box in the tale of two boxes?
(a) Tools.
(b) A dog.
(c) A tent.
(d) A mirror.
9. Why can't John let the animal he finds in the field go?
(a) He wants it as a pet.
(b) The animal will bring its friends.
(c) He wants to eat the animal.
(d) The animal will eat him.
10. In Chapter 4, where does Hurston initially plan to follow the men to work?
(a) The mall.
(b) The beach.
(c) The swamp.
(d) The mill.
11. Why, in Chapter 4, is the men's workday canceled?
(a) It's a holiday.
(b) The foreman is ill.
(c) The snow.
(d) The rain.
12. What happened to the man in the story in Chapter 4 that was dipped in the river?
(a) "He played the yarn fiddle."
(b) He was "skimmed ugly for six months."
(c) "He swam with the fishes."
(d) He was "dunked like a skunk."
13. What happens when Hurston arrives at Pine Mill?
(a) No one asks her to dance.
(b) The people elect her as mayor.
(c) Everyone asks her to dance.
(d) She goes to work.
14. What do people hide behind at a "toe party"?
(a) A curtain.
(b) A foot.
(c) A donkey.
(d) A door.
15. What does Hurston think of the local liquor served at the "toe party"?
(a) It is too strong.
(b) It tastes like water.
(c) It tastes great.
(d) It is too weak.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 3, who tells the first story?
2. What does Charlie say is the reason for why religions divide?
3. Why does Hurston go to Pine Mill?
4. 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?
5. What does "Big Moose done come down from de mountain" mean?
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