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

2. Eatonville was founded after what war?
(a) World War I.
(b) The American Revolution.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Civil War.

3. Zora describes the day her mother gave birth as ______.
(a) Unexpected.
(b) Boring.
(c) Easy.
(d) Challenging.

4. To what is "a crow in a pigeon's nest" referring?
(a) The white man.
(b) Zora's exclusion from her family.
(c) Zora's father's rage.
(d) Zora's curious nature.

5. Where did the founders of Eatonville travel and find a colony?
(a) Brazil.
(b) New York.
(c) Africa.
(d) Canada.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What role did the white man play in Zora's young life?

5. What was the age difference between Zora's mother and father?

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