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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 does Hurston say she learns about in Chapter 10?

2. How long does Luke Turner have to live?

3. According to Mark C. Ford, why did the devil go to heaven?

4. What are "flutter bys"?

5. What does it mean if a murder victim is buried sitting up?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do people say "unh-hunh" ?

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

3. Describe Hurston's final story in Chapter 7 about the rat and the cat.

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

5. Explain how "butterflies" came to be according to Floyd Thomas.

6. Describe Hurston's initiation under Turner.

7. Who is Anatol Pierre? Describe some of Hurston's experiences with this man.

8. How does Hurston describe the creation of the world in Chapter 1?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define the term voice. Who is the voice of this story? Why did Hurston elect to use this method?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Choose one story Hurston hears while on her travels and discuss its influence on the community. What message is the story trying to convey? Why does Hurston choose to illustrate this story in her book?

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