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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. How many loads of ammunition are in the gun in Larkins White's story?

3. In Chapter 1 of Hoodoo, what does Hurston realize?

4. What does Luke Turner drop along the highway to prevent a man from returning to town?

5. Who is Big Sweet?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. In Chapter 7, does there appear to be an order to the stories Hurston tells? If so, what is the order? If not, why is there no order?

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

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

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

10. Why is the dolphin's tale crosswise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How do the stories in Hurston's book address the theme of creation? Choose two examples of examples and explain how these examples contribute to the theme of creation.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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