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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What game is going on at the joint in Chapter 9?
(a) Lotto.
(b) Scrabble.
(c) Poker.
(d) Cards.

3. What does Dr. Samuel Jenkins rely on for his work?
(a) Palm reading.
(b) Reading cards.
(c) Spells.
(d) A familiar.

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

5. What does Luke Turner drop along the highway to prevent a man from returning to town?
(a) Powder.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Nails.
(d) Chickens.

6. What happened when the police tried to arrest Marie Leveau?
(a) They asked her for spells.
(b) She ran away.
(c) She died.
(d) She disappered in a cloud of smoke.

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

8. What does Mark C. Ford ask Hurston about a dolphin's tail?
(a) If she has touched one.
(b) If she has skinned one.
(c) If she knows it's crosswise.
(d) If she has eaten one.

9. Where does Hurston travel to in Chapter 10?
(a) Baltimore, Annapolis, and Bethesda.
(b) Orlando.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Mulberry, Pierce, and Lakeland.

10. What is Reverend Father Joe Watson's special talent?
(a) Reading Latin.
(b) Singing.
(c) Undoing spells.
(d) Predicting the future.

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

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

13. What is Dr. Duke's specialty?
(a) Law cases.
(b) Murder.
(c) Love spells.
(d) Aches and pains.

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

15. Who is Big Sweet?
(a) A woman who tries to fight with Hurston.
(b) A woman who promises to watch out for Hurston.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many initiations has Hurston gone through by the time she meets Luke Turner?

2. What did God do with the tool to create the earth?

3. In the story about firing the gun out the doorway, what is the cause of the strange noise?

4. How much does Dr. Duke charge?

5. How many loads of ammunition are in the gun in Larkins White's story?

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