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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the initial problem with Zora getting her book published?
(a) She didn't have enough money.
(b) No one was reading.
(c) She wasn't taken seriously.
(d) The subject matter was too unfamiliar.

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

4. What caused Zora to leave Polk?
(a) The big brawl.
(b) She was out of money.
(c) Her family needed her.
(d) She committed a crime.

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

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

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

8. Zora observes that Jesus teaches forgiveness, but preachers are often _____.
(a) Passive.
(b) Immoral.
(c) Judgmental.
(d) Compassionate.

9. When Zora would see her boyfriend walking by her house, she imagined he was doing what?
(a) Buying her a gift.
(b) Cheating on her.
(c) Thinking of her.
(d) Ignoring her.

10. How many people could John Hurston lead in his revivals?
(a) Two hundred.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Seventy-five.
(d) Twenty-five.

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

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

13. What was Ethel Waters famous for?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Writing.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Singing.

14. Because of their findings, Zora equates mining with ___________.
(a) A history lesson.
(b) A dangerous life.
(c) An adventurous life.
(d) A science lesson.

15. What attracted Zora to P.M.P?
(a) His wealth.
(b) His manliness.
(c) His talent.
(d) His kindness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zora describe the challenges she's faced in her life?

2. Zora referred to white men as ______.

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

4. To whom did Leon Walter Young not cow-tow?

5. What kind of men was Zora attracted to?

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