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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. Why did the man pull the sheet over his head every night in the story in Chapter 4?
(a) To let sleep in.
(b) His wife was ugly.
(c) He liked his house dark.
(d) He was afraid of ghosts.

2. In Chapter 2, what is the occupation of the older brother in the story?
(a) Preacher.
(b) Banker.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Lawyer.

3. What is the only part of the body women reveal at a "toe party"?
(a) A finger.
(b) A tongue.
(c) A foot.
(d) A toe.

4. What does "Big Moose done come down from de mountain" mean?
(a) Winter is here.
(b) Important things will happen.
(c) An earthquake is coming.
(d) Death is coming.

5. What story does Mathilda Mosley tell in Chapter 2?
(a) How women take advantage of men.
(b) How zebras got their stripes.
(c) How lawyers speak to satan.
(d) How men take advantage of women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people hide behind at a "toe party"?

2. Who drowned in the Johnstown flood?

3. How many times is Hurston "sold" at the "toe party"?

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

5. In Chapter 2, what topic do most of the stories cover?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Julius Henry's story.

2. Why might the name John be used in tales about slaves?

3. Describe one of the stories Hurston hears in Chapter 4 about mean bosses.

4. Explain the story of the two brothers who started churches in Chapter 2. What is message of this story?

5. How does Gold explain the difference of skin tone in people?

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

7. Describe the Everglades Cypress Lumber Company.

8. Describe the story John French tells in Chapter 3.

9. What is Shug's reaction to Julius Henry's story, and why might she react this way?

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

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