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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Zora want to befriend Ethel?
(a) She wanted to learn from her.
(b) She wanted Ethel's connections.
(c) She felt they would get along.
(d) She wanted company.

2. Being found attractive was a ______ part of Zora's adulthood.
(a) Dreaded.
(b) Normal.
(c) Favorite.
(d) Unusual.

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

4. John Hurston claimed the magma layer of the earth was __________________.
(a) Eden.
(b) Hell.
(c) Pergatory.
(d) Heaven.

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

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

7. What is uncommon amongst whites and Yankees in Zora's opinion?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Use of colorful metaphor.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Knowledge of farms.

8. The party where Zora and Ethel meet was for whom?
(a) The mayor.
(b) A new mother.
(c) Society people.
(d) Ethel.

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

10. Zora explains that it is often the province of women to ______ young girls.
(a) Prepare.
(b) Frighten.
(c) Guard.
(d) Teach.

11. While at Barnard, Zora's work and school lives began to ______.
(a) Blend.
(b) Undergo criticism.
(c) Disappear.
(d) Conflict.

12. What did Zora survive in Nassau?
(a) A tornado.
(b) A hurricane.
(c) A crime spree.
(d) A flood.

13. How did Dr. Boas receive Zora's failure?
(a) He wasn't terribly disappointed.
(b) He was livid.
(c) He consoled her.
(d) He was happy.

14. What did Zora's relationship with P.M.P try?
(a) Her nature.
(b) Her bank account.
(c) Her sanity.
(d) Her talent.

15. What caused the trouble in Zora and P.M.P's relationship?
(a) Her obsession with work.
(b) Her insecurities.
(c) His wandering eye.
(d) His desire to provide for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long could John Hurston's revivals go?

2. What was Zora's only bitter feeling about the publication of her first book?

3. How did Big Sweet get her name?

4. What happened after Zora paid her rent?

5. What did the students call Dr. Boas?

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