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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the stepmother jealous of Sarah?
(a) Sarah was married to an attractive man.
(b) Sarah was very beautiful.
(c) Sarah had a strong connection with her father.
(d) Hurston's children liked Sarah, but not her.

2. Why are parents annoyed by children asking questions, according to Zora?
(a) Children shouldn't know too much.
(b) The children won't listen to the answers.
(c) Parents like to be quiet.
(d) Parents have to think about what they actually do know and what they don't know.

3. How does Zora say parents respond to children's questioning?
(a) They send them to school.
(b) They leave the room.
(c) They answer.
(d) They get aggressive.

4. What broke up the Hurston family?
(a) Their father's death.
(b) The parents went to jail.
(c) A confrontation between the stepmother and the children.
(d) Their house burned down.

5. Why did Zora originally have to leave school?
(a) She didn't like it.
(b) She couldn't pay.
(c) She fought too much.
(d) She was needed at home.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Zora when she left home?

2. What did Zora's stepmother want?

3. Whom did Zora live with after being fired from her first job?

4. For what was Leon Walter Young famous?

5. What attracted Zora to P.M.P?

(see the answer key)

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