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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. What does Hurston think of the local liquor served at the "toe party"?
(a) It tastes like water.
(b) It tastes great.
(c) It is too weak.
(d) It is too strong.

2. What are the men doing at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Playing cards.
(c) Singing.
(d) Fishing.

3. Why does Hurston travel to town?
(a) To find a man.
(b) To raise her family.
(c) To hear folktales.
(d) To find work.

4. What occasionally happens at a "toe party" when a man is disappointed with his partner?
(a) He kisses her.
(b) He runs.
(c) He screams.
(d) He slaps her.

5. What does Hurston claim the Sheriff will do to the woman who killed five men?
(a) Shoot her.
(b) Reward her.
(c) Scold her.
(d) Arrest her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does the deceased person speak to after dying in the Johnstown flood?

3. What does a man tell Hurston some people are only good at doing to groceries?

4. What county does Hurston travel toward in Chapter 4?

5. Why is the rude person uninterested in speaking to the person who died in the Johnstown flood?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Everglades Cypress Lumber Company.

2. Describe the interaction between Hurston and Mr. Pitts.

3. Where does Hurston arrive at the start of the book, and what is her purpose for traveling there?

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

5. How does John trick his master in Chapter 4?

6. What happens in Chapter 8 on the way to the "jook joint"?

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

8. Why does Charlie Jones claim that congregations split into different churches?

9. What purpose do folktales serve in a community or culture? Provide a brief example of a story Hurston hears that explains that purpose.

10. What example does Hurston use to describe justice in Chapter 4, and what is Hurston's opinion about justice?

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