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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. After Zora's mother gave birth, what did the white man do?
(a) Stole the baby.
(b) Left.
(c) Called John.
(d) Cleaned the baby.

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

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

4. In terms of race, John Hurston was _______.
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Black and white.
(d) Asian.

5. Zora's anecdotes are vivid but _______.
(a) Brief.
(b) Unclear.
(c) Dense.
(d) Long.

Short Answer Questions

1. Zora's mother showed no interest in Hurston _____.

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

3. Why did Zora have good feelings toward white people?

4. What was the primary conflict between Zora's mother and father?

5. Where did the founders of Eatonville travel and find a colony?

(see the answer key)

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