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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Around whom was Fanny Hurst usually found?
(a) Other women.
(b) Writers.
(c) Men.
(d) Children.

2. What did the miners in Polk find in the mines?
(a) A body.
(b) Coal.
(c) Relics of Earth's history.
(d) People hiding.

3. When did Zora begin to discuss her love life in her book?
(a) After her father's death.
(b) After she got married.
(c) Before she headed south.
(d) When her writing career manifested.

4. What is the meaning of "My people! My people!" in the African American community?
(a) To express embarrassment at the actions of another.
(b) To get someone's attention.
(c) To express sorrow at being away from your family.
(d) To express your love for your community.

5. What does Zora note about the way forgiveness is taught in church?
(a) It's inadequate.
(b) It's strange.
(c) It's by the book.
(d) It's excessive.

6. What kind of men was Zora attracted to?
(a) Older men.
(b) Men with children.
(c) Wealthy men.
(d) Artistic men.

7. While discussing distinctions within her own race, she explains that educated people ______ raucous people.
(a) Help.
(b) Ostracize
(c) Patronize.
(d) Bully.

8. In New Orleans, Zora became involved in ______.
(a) Volunteer work.
(b) The church.
(c) A gang.
(d) Hoodoo.

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

10. How does Zora describe the challenges she's faced in her life?
(a) Terrifying.
(b) Petty.
(c) Easy.
(d) Average.

11. How are Fanny Hurst and Zora similar?
(a) Both of them worked with acting groups.
(b) They are both playful and serious.
(c) They are both from Eatonville.
(d) Both their mothers died young.

12. Where did Fanny take Zora on a spontaneous trip?
(a) California.
(b) Niagara Falls.
(c) New York.
(d) Eatonville.

13. Zora's father is an expert at _________________.
(a) Getting others to repent.
(b) Getting people to come to church.
(c) Getting people to convert.
(d) Convincing people of his ideas.

14. When Zora had an "affair" with the President of her school, she called it a _____ affair.
(a) Flawed.
(b) Brief.
(c) Literary.
(d) Pretend.

15. What happened after Zora paid her rent?
(a) Her building burned down.
(b) Her best friend moved in.
(c) She got evicted.
(d) She moved out.

Short Answer Questions

1. Zora chose not to approach Ethel as a _____.

2. When was Zora to start her research in the south?

3. What defined the political makeup of Polk County?

4. When Zora would see her boyfriend walking by her house, she imagined he was doing what?

5. People were drawn to John Hurston's revivals because they were ______.

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