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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Floyd Thomas, why did God make the world?
(a) God was lonely.
(b) The flowers were lonely.
(c) God needed entertaining.
(d) Adam needed some friends.

2. What happens in Larkins White's story when the gun explodes?
(a) The man is killed.
(b) The deer die.
(c) The gun doesn't explode.
(d) The turkey's fly away.

3. Why does Marie Leveau plan a feast on St. John's Eve?
(a) Her mother told her to do it.
(b) It is her birthday.
(c) Partially because she is Catholic and partially because of Hoodoo.
(d) Everyone has a feast that night.

4. What did God do with the tool to create the earth?
(a) Cut scraps.
(b) Carved humans.
(c) Made paper dolls.
(d) Cut mountains.

5. Who is Eulalia?
(a) A hairdresser.
(b) Hurston's sister.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A practicioner of hoodoo.

6. What caused Marie Leveau to commit to Hoodoo?
(a) She saw a dead person.
(b) A rattlesnake spoke to her.
(c) Her mother made her.
(d) A rabbit spoke to her.

7. Floyd Thomas says God has the right to ______________.
(a) Change his mind.
(b) Be joyful.
(c) Dance.
(d) Eat good food.

8. What is Dr. Samuel Jenkins' clientele like?
(a) White and upper-class.
(b) Black and upper-class.
(c) Asian and poor.
(d) White and poor.

9. What is a swamper?
(a) Someone that dies in the swamp.
(b) Someone that eats wildlife found in the swamp.
(c) Someone that wrestles alligators.
(d) Someone that spends a lot of time in the swamps.

10. In Chapter 9, what threat does the Quarter Boss make?
(a) He will leave leave town.
(b) He will thrash anyone who talks back to him.
(c) He will throw troublemakers in jail.
(d) He will fine everyone in the town.

11. Why does Reverend Father Joe Watson's wife plan to leave him?
(a) She is converting to a new religion.
(b) She knows she can be replaced.
(c) She wants a man with more money.
(d) She wants children.

12. What is Reverend Father Joe Watson's nickname?
(a) Wacky Panda.
(b) Shorn Sheep.
(c) Frizzly Rooster.
(d) Dirty Dog.

13. A man tells a story about firing a gun out the doorway. What time of day was it?
(a) Afternoon.
(b) Morning.
(c) dusk.
(d) Night.

14. What happens to someone if found in possession of a drink at the joint?
(a) They are beaten.
(b) They have to make a public apology.
(c) They have to leave.
(d) They might go to jail.

15. Who is Minnie Foster?
(a) A client of Kitty Brown.
(b) A French maid.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A client of Dr. Duke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in Marie Leveau's family were Hoodoo doctors?

2. What is against the law in Chapter 9?

3. What does Mark C. Ford ask Hurston about a dolphin's tail?

4. What does it mean if it rains at a funeral?

5. What does the man in Larkins White's story smother?

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