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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 Mark C. Ford ask Hurston about a dolphin's tail?

2. What caused Marie Leveau to commit to Hoodoo?

3. How does Luke Turner react when he first meets Hurston?

4. What does Marie Leveau tell Luke Turner to build to wait for power?

5. Why does Hurston believe Luke Turner reacts the way he does to her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mark C. Ford ?

2. What does Hurston believe Hoodoo is about? Who is Hurston's first teacher?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the depression affect the lives of the people Hurston meets? How does it affect their interaction with Hurston?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the relationship between Hurston and Mr. Pitts. What role does each person fill in the other person's life? Explain two ways that Mr. PItts helps Hurston or vice versa.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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