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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 9 begins in _____________.
(a) A jazz joint.
(b) A juke joint.
(c) A flute joint.
(d) A rock joint.

2. What did God create at around half-past five on the sixth day?
(a) Fish.
(b) Man.
(c) Religion.
(d) Mountains.

3. When was Marie Leveau born?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1827.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1892.

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

5. In Chapter 7, someone is teased for not wanting to shoot ________________.
(a) His neighbor.
(b) A robber.
(c) A gun.
(d) A bear.

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

7. How long does Luke Turner have to live?
(a) Sixty-six months.
(b) One year and seventy-nine days.
(c) One year and thirty days.
(d) Twenty-nine years.

8. "Flutter bys" later become known as ____________.
(a) Snowflakes.
(b) Hummingbirds.
(c) Hail.
(d) Butterflies.

9. What is against the law in Chapter 9?
(a) Guns.
(b) Lotto.
(c) Alchohol.
(d) Poker.

10. What does Hurston want to make sure she studies in Chapter 1 of Hoodoo?
(a) Her family tree.
(b) Travel patterns.
(c) North Eastern folklore.
(d) Hoodoo.

11. Mark C. Ford compares the dolphin to _________________.
(a) A steak.
(b) The sun.
(c) A pitchfork.
(d) The devil.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Dr. Duke charge?

2. What does Luke Turner drop along the highway to prevent a man from returning to town?

3. In the story about the slave and the gun, what was the slave sent to shoot?

4. According to Mark C. Ford, why did the devil go to heaven?

5. Why did the slave refuse to shoot his master's gun in Chapter 7?

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