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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Hurston learn in the letter from Big Sweet?
(a) Someone died.
(b) Her mother died.
(c) Big Sweet is pregnant.
(d) She is invited to a wedding.

4. What falls off the branch and dies instantly in Larkins White's story?
(a) Turkeys.
(b) Owls.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Rats.

5. In the story about the slave and the gun, what was the slave sent to shoot?
(a) A bear.
(b) A dog.
(c) A deer.
(d) A neighbor.

6. Why did the bullet remain in the story about firing a gun out the doorway?
(a) It was waiting for daylight to find its direction.
(b) It was never fired.
(c) It liked the owner.
(d) It liked the gun.

7. What tool did God use to make the world according to Floyd Thomas?
(a) Shears.
(b) A pair of scissors.
(c) A knife.
(d) Knitting needles.

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

9. What, according to Hurston, is the common link between those that practice Hoodoo?
(a) The book of Hoodoo.
(b) Marie Leveau.
(c) Marie Antoinette.
(d) Chicken scraps.

10. According to Mark C. Ford, why did the devil go to heaven?
(a) To say hello.
(b) To capture angels.
(c) To visit his mother.
(d) To meet with God.

11. In Chapter 9, Hurston warns that it is harmful to _____________.
(a) Eat red meat.
(b) Go to war.
(c) Cross the street at Baker Road.
(d) Drink.

12. Who in Marie Leveau's family were Hoodoo doctors?
(a) Her grandmother and mother.
(b) Her great-grandfather and mother.
(c) Her aunt and uncle.
(d) Her mother and father.

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

14. What happens to Hurston in Chapter 9?
(a) She buys a car.
(b) She gets into a fight.
(c) She wins the lotto.
(d) She meets her husband.

15. How many days does Marie Leveau disappear before and after St. John's eve?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Nine.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1 of Hoodoo, what does Hurston realize?

2. What happens in Larkins White's story when the gun explodes?

3. What is the man in Larkins White's story doing?

4. What is Reverend Father Joe Watson's nickname?

5. In Chapter 4, Hurston does her first consultation for _____________.

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