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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 7, someone is teased for not wanting to shoot ________________.
(a) His neighbor.
(b) A bear.
(c) A robber.
(d) A gun.

2. How does Hurston prepare to write about hoodoo?
(a) She finds a teacher.
(b) She goes to the library.
(c) She calls her mom.
(d) She searches the internet.

3. What happened when the police tried to arrest Marie Leveau?
(a) They asked her for spells.
(b) She died.
(c) She disappered in a cloud of smoke.
(d) She ran away.

4. The man in Larkins White's story sees _______________.
(a) Dogs, cats, and a bear.
(b) Lions, tigers and bears.
(c) Turkey, deer, ducks and partridges.
(d) Turkey, ducks and frogs.

5. What is Dr. Samuel Jenkins' clientele like?
(a) White and poor.
(b) Black and upper-class.
(c) White and upper-class.
(d) Asian and poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Eulalia?

2. How long does Luke Turner have to live?

3. Who does the snail husband bring back to his snail wife?

4. A man tells a story about firing a gun out the doorway. What time of day was it?

5. What does Hurston want to make sure she studies in Chapter 1 of Hoodoo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the slave get the name Big Sixteen from? What does he appear as today?

2. Who is Dr. Samuel Jenkins? What is his clientele like? Why do you think he chooses to work with these people?

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

4. Why is the dolphin's tale crosswise?

5. How does the man kill four different animals with one bullet in Chapter 7?

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

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

8. Why does Hurston decide to move on from studying black folklore to Hoodoo?

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

10. What happens to the snail that is ill in Chapter 8?

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