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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What do Hurston and Luke Turner kill at the swamp?
(a) A sheep.
(b) A snake.
(c) A chicken.
(d) A bear.
2. What is Dr. Duke's specialty?
(a) Aches and pains.
(b) Murder.
(c) Law cases.
(d) Love spells.
3. What is wrong with the snail in the story about the snail couple?
(a) She is looking for work.
(b) She is in love.
(c) She is ill.
(d) She is lazy.
4. What happened when the police tried to arrest Marie Leveau?
(a) She died.
(b) She disappered in a cloud of smoke.
(c) They asked her for spells.
(d) She ran away.
5. In the story about the slave and the gun, what was the slave sent to shoot?
(a) A dog.
(b) A deer.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) A bear.
6. What game is going on at the joint in Chapter 9?
(a) Scrabble.
(b) Poker.
(c) Lotto.
(d) Cards.
7. What is Dr. Samuel Jenkins' clientele like?
(a) Asian and poor.
(b) Black and upper-class.
(c) White and poor.
(d) White and upper-class.
8. How did the traces connecting the mule to the wagon stretch in Larkins White's story?
(a) Heat.
(b) Rain.
(c) Over-use.
(d) Ice.
9. In Chapter 9, what threat does the Quarter Boss make?
(a) He will fine everyone in the town.
(b) He will thrash anyone who talks back to him.
(c) He will throw troublemakers in jail.
(d) He will leave leave town.
10. What does Quarter Boss do in Chapter 9?
(a) Makes drinks.
(b) Eats 25 steaks.
(c) Dances with Hurston.
(d) Breaks up a fight.
11. Who is Minnie Foster?
(a) A client of Kitty Brown.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A French maid.
(d) A client of Dr. Duke.
12. What does it mean if a murder victim is buried sitting up?
(a) The dead will haunt your house.
(b) Justice will be slow.
(c) The dead will return.
(d) Justice will be swift.
13. In the story about firing the gun out the doorway, what is the cause of the strange noise?
(a) The gun.
(b) A ghost.
(c) The bullet.
(d) A hen.
14. What is the man in Larkins White's story doing?
(a) Going for a jog.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Walking to town.
(d) Eating lunch.
15. Mark C. Ford compares the dolphin to _________________.
(a) The devil.
(b) A steak.
(c) A pitchfork.
(d) The sun.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Mark C. Ford ask Hurston about a dolphin's tail?
2. What does the man in Larkins White's story smother?
3. What is a swamper?
4. What is against the law in Chapter 9?
5. How does Hurston prepare to write about hoodoo?
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