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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men hear in Chapter 6 on their way to the "jook joint"?

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

3. Why can't John let the animal he finds in the field go?

4. Where does Hurston end up following the men to work in Chapter 4?

5. Where does the person go after dying in the Johnstown flood?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Babe Hill, and what role does she play in Hurston's book?

2. Why do people treat Hurston differently at the Pine Mill? How do they act around her?

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

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

5. Explain what a "toe dance" is and Hurston's experience at the "toe dance."

6. Describe one of the stories Hurston hears in Chapter 4 that describes ugliness.

7. What is the story Hurston hears about the Johnstown flood?

8. Describe Julius Henry's story.

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

10. Describe the Everglades Cypress Lumber Company.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hurston meets many interesting people in the book. These people influence her life in many ways. Choose one person or couple she meets that influences her life and explain the positive and negative aspects of that influence.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Hurston's relationship with one of the Hoodoo practitioners. What does she learn from him or her? What spells or initiations does she perform with that person?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Marie Leveau's impact on Hoodoo. Why do practitioners of Hoodoo claim her as an inspiration?

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