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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Dust Tracks on the Road : Chapter 2, I Get Born & The Inside Search.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the founders of Eatonville travel and find a colony?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Africa.
(c) New York.
(d) Canada.

2. Zora's anecdotes are vivid but _______.
(a) Unclear.
(b) Brief.
(c) Dense.
(d) Long.

3. After Zora's mother gave birth, what did the white man do?
(a) Left.
(b) Called John.
(c) Cleaned the baby.
(d) Stole the baby.

4. Eatonville was founded after what war?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) The American Revolution.
(d) World War II.

5. Zora's mother's family name was _____.
(a) Carlson.
(b) Ford.
(c) Hurston.
(d) Potts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zora say parents respond to children's questioning?

2. Zora describes the day her mother gave birth as ______.

3. Why did Zora have good feelings toward white people?

4. Why did Zora's mother give in to Hurston?

5. In terms of race, John Hurston was _______.

(see the answer key)

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