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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Jacksonville & Railroad (cs 7 & 8 incl).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Zora's mother's family feel about the engagement?
(a) They were hesitant.
(b) They were opposed.
(c) They were thrilled.
(d) They were indifferent.

2. In Eatonville, what made people know a man was cheating on his wife?
(a) How much time he was spending at home.
(b) How often he made dinner.
(c) Who else he spent money on.
(d) How other women in town treated him.

3. If a fistfight occurred in Eatonville, how was it handled?
(a) It was overlooked.
(b) They were run out of town.
(c) The men were arrested.
(d) The townspeople dealt with it.

4. How did Zora's mother know the white man who comes to her?
(a) He was a community member.
(b) He'd delivered her other children.
(c) He was a close friend.
(d) He was their landlord.

5. Zora's parents felt very ______ during her youth.
(a) Happy.
(b) Tried.
(c) Distant.
(d) Content.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What still influenced Zora's mother's side of the family?

3. Zora's boyish nature was _______.

4. Where was Zora's mother's midwife during the birth?

5. Zora describes Joe Clark's porch as a ________.

(see the answer key)

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