Dust Tracks on a Road Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Dust Tracks on a Road Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What still influenced Zora's mother's side of the family?
(a) Racism.
(b) Infidelity.
(c) Old spites.
(d) Money.

2. To what is "a crow in a pigeon's nest" referring?
(a) Zora's curious nature.
(b) Zora's exclusion from her family.
(c) The white man.
(d) Zora's father's rage.

3. In a metaphor, Zora says she is "intimate with the _______."
(a) Spirits.
(b) Moon.
(c) Stars.
(d) Animals.

4. "Between alligators, poison snakes, and _________, Florida can be a dangerous place."
(a) Women.
(b) Jealous husbands.
(c) Monsters.
(d) Children.

5. What was John Hurston's job?
(a) Writer.
(b) Animal trainer.
(c) Migrant farmer.
(d) Shop owner.

6. Why did Zora originally have to leave school?
(a) She didn't like it.
(b) She couldn't pay.
(c) She fought too much.
(d) She was needed at home.

7. How does Zora say parents respond to children's questioning?
(a) They leave the room.
(b) They answer.
(c) They get aggressive.
(d) They send them to school.

8. What made Zora stand out in the group at Gilbert & Sullivan?
(a) She was the only one with an education.
(b) She had a vibrant personality.
(c) She was the only woman.
(d) She was the only African-American.

9. How were women discussed by the people of Eatonville?
(a) Through metaphor.
(b) Openly.
(c) Through allusion.
(d) They're not.

10. What spoke to Zora when she was young?
(a) The spirits.
(b) Her dreams.
(c) Nature.
(d) Her dolls.

11. Zora believed that when children ask their parents questions they are making them _______.
(a) Leave.
(b) Pay attention to them.
(c) Think.
(d) Spend money.

12. How old was Zora when she left home?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Sixteen.

13. What was the primary pro of Zora' work experience?
(a) She earned money.
(b) She escaped her home.
(c) She made friends.
(d) She gained job skills.

14. Zora's mother was from a ______ family.
(a) Refined.
(b) Immigrant.
(c) Poor.
(d) Small.

15. Whom does Zora cite on the subject of forgiveness?
(a) A priest.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the primary conflict between Zora's mother and father?

2. For Zora's new job, she found work with ________.

3. What broke up the Hurston family?

4. How did John Hurston treat his new wife?

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

(see the answer keys)

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