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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what was in the larger box in the tale of two boxes?
(a) Tools.
(b) A tent.
(c) A dog.
(d) A mirror.

2. Who is Babe Hill?
(a) A baseball player.
(b) A teacher.
(c) The mayor.
(d) A woman who murdered her husband.

3. John discovers _____________ stealing from the field.
(a) A dog.
(b) A lion.
(c) A bear.
(d) A cat.

4. What does Charlie say is the reason for why religions divide?
(a) Clouds.
(b) Water.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Rivers.

5. What does the younger brother at the end of the story in Chapter 2 do for a living?
(a) Preaches.
(b) Cooks.
(c) Rides in the rodeo.
(d) Plows fields.

Short Answer Questions

1. How man people arrive at "Mets" house to tell stories the first night?

2. Why did the man in Chapter 2 know he was not meant to be a preacher?

3. What do the people in town want to know about the author when she arrives in town?

4. In Chapter 4, what does Hurston initially think of the people in the city where she stops?

5. Why does Hurston want to go to a new location at the end of Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Babe Hill, and what role does she play in Hurston's book?

2. How does Hurston win acceptance at the Pine Mill?

3. How does Hurston manage to fit into the Everglades Cypress Lumber Company community?

4. Explain what a "toe dance" is and Hurston's experience at the "toe dance."

5. Why do people treat Hurston differently at the Pine Mill? How do they act around her?

6. Describe one of the stories Hurston hears in Chapter 4 that describes ugliness.

7. Describe Mathilda Mosley's story.

8. Describe the Everglades Cypress Lumber Company.

9. Why do you think there are debates over which folktales are true or which version is the "correct" one?

10. What is the significance of the stories Hurston hears about the slave outsmarting the master or black men outsmarting white men?

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