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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 is the only part of the body women reveal at a "toe party"?
(a) A finger.
(b) A foot.
(c) A tongue.
(d) A toe.
2. What is James Mosely's story about?
(a) Three pigs.
(b) Two angels.
(c) Eight angels.
(d) Two wolves.
3. Who drowned in the Johnstown flood?
(a) A white woman.
(b) A black man.
(c) A dog and a cat.
(d) Three children.
4. When does a "toe party" really start to get wild?
(a) At 9 p.m.
(b) When the band starts playing.
(c) After appetizers.
(d) When the people from Eatonville arrive.
5. Why does Hurston go to Pine Mill?
(a) To work.
(b) To hear a story.
(c) To meet her mother.
(d) For a dance.
Short Answer Questions
1. What sign does Hurston see in Chapter 4 that intrigues her?
2. Where were the drawers hanging when the second slave was beaten in Chapter 5?
3. Mr. Pitts teases Hurston in a ____________ voice.
4. What county does Hurston travel toward in Chapter 4?
5. Who is the first person to introduce himself to Hurston?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of the stories Hurston hears about the slave outsmarting the master or black men outsmarting white men?
2. How does Gold explain the difference of skin tone in people?
3. Describe the differences between the two slaves' actions in Joe Wiley's story.
4. Describe the story Jim Presley tells Hurston. How are black men better then white men in this story?
5. What happens in Chapter 8 on the way to the "jook joint"?
6. Why is it significant that a woman listens to the devil's advice in Mathilda Mosley's story?
7. Why do people treat Hurston differently at the Pine Mill? How do they act around her?
8. Describe the interaction between Hurston and Mr. Pitts.
9. What example does Hurston use to describe justice in Chapter 4, and what is Hurston's opinion about justice?
10. Explain what a "toe dance" is and Hurston's experience at the "toe dance."
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