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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. Who founded Eatonville?

2. Whom did Zora decide she wanted to marry when she grew up?

3. The white neighbors of Maitland were very _______.

4. Why are parents annoyed by children asking questions, according to Zora?

5. What effect did Maitland have on Eatonville?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ultimately destroyed the Hurston family?

2. How were the people of Eatonville able to know if a man was cheating on his wife?

3. What tool largely defines Zora's writing? What effect does this have on the narrative?

4. Why wouldn't Zora return to her brother and his wife?

5. What was the difference between how men and women were gossiped about in Eatonville?

6. What was the result of Zora's mother's plan in marrying John Hurston?

7. How did spite influence Zora's family? How strong was this spite?

8. Why was Zora fired from her cleaning/nanny job? What is the irony of the reasons they fired her?

9. Why was the stepmother not happy in the Hurston family?

10. What was the significance of the "Uncle" figure in Zora's life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Zora's fixation on social politics relates to her effect on the communities of which she is a part. What do we learn through this? About Zora? Her environments? The time?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Zora's arguments and complex relationship with religion.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the impact of Zora's friendships. What does she learn about life and her own self from friendships? What can we learn about her from the friendships?

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