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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Zora's father from?
(a) He was an immigrant.
(b) New York.
(c) Eatonville.
(d) Maitland.

2. What did Zora do to her stepmother?
(a) Stole her money.
(b) Attacked her.
(c) Blackmailed her.
(d) Cut her hair.

3. Zora felt she had not been adequately appreciated for ______________.
(a) Her humor.
(b) Her talent.
(c) Her struggles.
(d) Her intelligence,

4. Zora explains that her failure to finish school was not about her _______.
(a) Determination.
(b) Race.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Finances.

5. What made finding work difficult for Zora?
(a) She was black.
(b) She was educated.
(c) She was a girl.
(d) She was too young.

6. Zora's nature was contradictory to ___________.
(a) Her self perception.
(b) Her upbringing.
(c) Gender role expectations.
(d) Her actions.

7. What broke up the Hurston family?
(a) Their house burned down.
(b) Their father's death.
(c) A confrontation between the stepmother and the children.
(d) The parents went to jail.

8. Who founded Eatonville?
(a) Whites.
(b) Cubans.
(c) The French.
(d) African Americans.

9. How much did Zora make at her new job?
(a) Five dollars a month.
(b) Fifty cents a day.
(c) Ten dollars a week.
(d) One hundred dollars a year.

10. What role did the white man play in Zora's young life?
(a) He acted as a bodyguard.
(b) He acted as an Uncle.
(c) He became her new father.
(d) He secretly paid for school.

11. What was Zora's time working lacking?
(a) Opportunity for study.
(b) Family.
(c) Free time.
(d) Money.

12. At Gilbert & Sullivan, why did the actors tease Zora?
(a) They didn't like her.
(b) She was poor.
(c) As part of the initiation process.
(d) They were bored.

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

14. What did Zora's stepmother NOT want?
(a) John Hurston's children.
(b) To live in Eatonville.
(c) To work.
(d) Money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At her first job, Zora was trained to do what?

2. How did the Hurston family view the white man?

3. Why were the actors entertained by Zora?

4. Why does Zora flash back to Zora's mother and grandmother?

5. In her youth, what did Zora's parents try not to do to her?

(see the answer keys)

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