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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Dust Tracks on the Road : Chapter 2, I Get Born & The Inside Search.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the primary conflict between Zora's mother and father?
(a) Money.
(b) Children.
(c) Paint colors.
(d) Fidelity.

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

3. When Zora's mother went into labor, who was present?
(a) No one.
(b) Zora's siblings.
(c) The midwife.
(d) John Hurston.

4. Why did Zora's mother give in to Hurston?
(a) She had no other options.
(b) He was very charming.
(c) Her parents made her.
(d) She thought he'd eventually leave.

5. What was the age difference between Zora's mother and father?
(a) She was older than Zora's father.
(b) It was never discussed.
(c) He was older than Zora's mother.
(d) They were the same age.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect did Maitland have on Eatonville?

2. In a metaphor, Zora says she is "intimate with the _______."

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

4. Why did the white man come to Zora's mother's house?

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

(see the answer key)

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