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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Zora note about the way forgiveness is taught in church?
(a) It's inadequate.
(b) It's excessive.
(c) It's by the book.
(d) It's strange.

2. What was Ethel Waters famous for?
(a) Writing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Fighting.

3. What role did Big Sweet play in Zora's life?
(a) She protected her.
(b) She hired her.
(c) She helps her with her writing.
(d) She acted like a mother.

4. In her research in the South, Zora was assigned to gather ______.
(a) Gold.
(b) Folktales.
(c) Relics.
(d) Evidence.

5. In New Orleans, Zora became involved in ______.
(a) Volunteer work.
(b) Hoodoo.
(c) A gang.
(d) The church.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long could John Hurston's revivals go?

2. Zora observes that Jesus teaches forgiveness, but preachers are often _____.

3. Dr. Boas found a ______ for Zora to go south.

4. Zora referred to white men as ______.

5. Ethel Waters was very ______.

Short Essay Questions

1. Was Leon Walter Young notorious? Why?

2. How are Big Sweet and Zora similar?

3. How did the miners in Polk County get a history lesson?

4. Why was Ethel Waters a challenge to befriend?

5. In Zora's early romantic life, what was her nature? Why was she this way?

6. Why was Zora's relationship with P.M.P a trial of her will and nature?

7. What was Zora's initial failure in her folktale project? How was this received?

8. What opportunity did Nassau afford Zora?

9. What was special about John Hurston's portrait of hell?

10. Where did Zora gain her lingual abilities? How did these abilities aid her and her father's careers?

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