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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Looking Things Over (c. 16).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To describe the social makeup of Polk County, Zora details dancing and ______.
(a) Marriage.
(b) Working.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Fighting.

2. To get in touch with Ethel, Zora first tried doing what?
(a) Knocking on her door.
(b) Calling her.
(c) Writing her letters.
(d) Sending her flowers.

3. What has Zora discovered at the end of "My People! My People!" about the nature of blacks and whites?
(a) There is no quintessential person.
(b) There are too many differences to count.
(c) They are more similar than different.
(d) They have no reason to dislike eachother.

4. When did Big Sweet act tough?
(a) When men were around.
(b) Whenever she wanted.
(c) Never.
(d) Only when she was messed with.

5. What effect did Maitland have on Eatonville?
(a) Their support contributed to its success.
(b) They controlled the government.
(c) They helped real estate value.
(d) They took it over.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was especially tragic about Zora's mother's death?

2. Zora explains her goal with the conclusion is not to escape other races but do what?

3. What did the miners in Polk find in the mines?

4. Whom does Zora cite on the subject of forgiveness?

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

(see the answer key)

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