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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who does the snail husband bring back to his snail wife?
(a) The ant.
(b) Her mother.
(c) No one.
(d) A doctor.
2. How did the traces connecting the mule to the wagon stretch in Larkins White's story?
(a) Over-use.
(b) Ice.
(c) Rain.
(d) Heat.
3. In Chapter 9, Hurston warns that it is harmful to _____________.
(a) Go to war.
(b) Drink.
(c) Cross the street at Baker Road.
(d) Eat red meat.
4. What is against the law in Chapter 9?
(a) Alchohol.
(b) Guns.
(c) Lotto.
(d) Poker.
5. What does Marie Leveau tell Luke Turner to build to wait for power?
(a) An altar.
(b) A temple.
(c) A boat.
(d) A bench.
6. What caused Marie Leveau to commit to Hoodoo?
(a) She saw a dead person.
(b) A rabbit spoke to her.
(c) A rattlesnake spoke to her.
(d) Her mother made her.
7. Who in Marie Leveau's family were Hoodoo doctors?
(a) Her great-grandfather and mother.
(b) Her grandmother and mother.
(c) Her mother and father.
(d) Her aunt and uncle.
8. What is a swamper?
(a) Someone that wrestles alligators.
(b) Someone that dies in the swamp.
(c) Someone that spends a lot of time in the swamps.
(d) Someone that eats wildlife found in the swamp.
9. How many loads of ammunition are in the gun in Larkins White's story?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.
10. Who is Big Sweet?
(a) A cook.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A woman who promises to watch out for Hurston.
(d) A woman who tries to fight with Hurston.
11. What is wrong with the snail in the story about the snail couple?
(a) She is in love.
(b) She is ill.
(c) She is looking for work.
(d) She is lazy.
12. What does Dr. Samuel Jenkins rely on for his work?
(a) Palm reading.
(b) A familiar.
(c) Spells.
(d) Reading cards.
13. How does Hurston prepare to write about hoodoo?
(a) She goes to the library.
(b) She searches the internet.
(c) She calls her mom.
(d) She finds a teacher.
14. What happened when the police tried to arrest Marie Leveau?
(a) She disappered in a cloud of smoke.
(b) They asked her for spells.
(c) She died.
(d) She ran away.
15. Where is Hurston in Chapter 7?
(a) Reading a book.
(b) Shopping in a store.
(c) Eating in a cafe.
(d) Telling stories in a circle.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did God do in the first six days according to Hurston?
2. Why does Reverend Father Joe Watson's wife plan to leave him?
3. During her initiation with Luke Turner, Hurston wears a crown made of _____________.
4. How many initiations has Hurston gone through by the time she meets Luke Turner?
5. In Chapter 4, what must Hurston catch to complete her first spell?
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