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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 happens in Larkins White's story when the gun explodes?
(a) The gun doesn't explode.
(b) The deer die.
(c) The man is killed.
(d) The turkey's fly away.

2. Why does Hurston believe Luke Turner reacts the way he does to her?
(a) He is married.
(b) He is selfish.
(c) He is stupid.
(d) His natural confidence.

3. What falls off the branch and dies instantly in Larkins White's story?
(a) Owls.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Rats.
(d) Turkeys.

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

5. What is a swamper?
(a) Someone that eats wildlife found in the swamp.
(b) Someone that wrestles alligators.
(c) Someone that spends a lot of time in the swamps.
(d) Someone that dies in the swamp.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days does Marie Leveau disappear before and after St. John's eve?

2. What did God do in the first six days according to Hurston?

3. What is the man in Larkins White's story doing?

4. When was Marie Leveau born?

5. What does the man in Larkins White's story smother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the spell Luke Turner casts to drive a man out of town? What did his customer want him to do originally, and why did she change her mind?

2. Describe the law over alcohol Hurston describes in Chapter 9. How is alcohol made?

3. Who is Luke Turner, and how does he treat Hurston upon meeting her? How does Hurston get Luke Turner to help her?

4. Explain what it means if it rains at a funeral?

5. What is the significance of Eve of St. John's in Chapter 2?

6. What is the purpose of "big women" and "lil' women"?

7. What happens at the juke joint in Chapter 9? How is Big Sweet involved?

8. Describe the life of Marie Leveau.

9. Who saves Hurston from the fight at the wedding and how?

10. What is ironic about the story where a slave is afraid to shoot his master's gun uphill?

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