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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Books & People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lucy want with Zora?
(a) To get advice.
(b) To get her autograph.
(c) To be her friend.
(d) To get her.

2. The white neighbors of Maitland were very _______.
(a) Agressive.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Closed-off.
(d) Friendly.

3. How were women discussed by the people of Eatonville?
(a) Openly.
(b) Through allusion.
(c) They're not.
(d) Through metaphor.

4. To whom did Leon Walter Young not cow-tow?
(a) Other politicians.
(b) Rich people.
(c) Whites and mulattos.
(d) Mobsters.

5. "Between alligators, poison snakes, and _________, Florida can be a dangerous place."
(a) Children.
(b) Jealous husbands.
(c) Monsters.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role did the white man have in the Hurstons' lives?

2. What was John Hurston's job?

3. After Zora's mother gave birth, what did the white man do?

4. Zora's first job naturally progresses into _________.

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

(see the answer key)

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