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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Zora fail in her first try at research?
(a) She asked the wrong questions.
(b) Her approach was bad.
(c) She didn't know who to talk to.
(d) She didn't have enough money.

3. How did Zora feel about the Roosevelts?
(a) She was obsessed with them.
(b) She admired them.
(c) She didn't care as much as her father did.
(d) She was very unahppy with them.

4. In her research in the South, Zora was assigned to gather ______.
(a) Gold.
(b) Folktales.
(c) Relics.
(d) Evidence.

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

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

7. How does Zora describe reconnecting with her family after so long?
(a) Horrible.
(b) Uncomfortable.
(c) Overwhelming.
(d) Joyful.

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

9. When was Zora to start her research in the south?
(a) During spring break.
(b) After working as a TA.
(c) After Barnard.
(d) Right away.

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

11. How did Zora feel about writing a whole book?
(a) Confident.
(b) Excited.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Skittish.

12. What was Zora offered for her book?
(a) A four-book contract.
(b) A house.
(c) An IOU.
(d) Hundreds of dollars.

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

14. How did Zora's boyfriends respond to Zora's fears?
(a) They cooperated with her.
(b) They didn't know.
(c) They told her she was crazy.
(d) They left her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Big Sweet get her name?

2. In looking back on her relationship with P.M.P, Zora doesn't feel what?

3. P.M.P was a wedge between Zora and her _______.

4. What "game" did Fanny play at?

5. What did Zora survive in Nassau?

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