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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Zora chose not to approach Ethel as a _____.
(a) Fan.
(b) Writer.
(c) Southerner.
(d) Woman.

7. What was Zora's only bitter feeling about the publication of her first book?
(a) Her father didn't read it.
(b) She wished it had been longer.
(c) She felt overly assisted.
(d) She dedicated it to a man who left her later.

8. In "Two Women," what element of female life is Zora portraying?
(a) Their secret hopes and dreams.
(b) The need for emotional attention.
(c) The importance of friendships.
(d) The excessive drama.

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

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

11. In looking back on her relationship with P.M.P, Zora doesn't feel what?
(a) Happy.
(b) Resentful.
(c) Nostalgic.
(d) Anything.

12. What defined the political makeup of Polk County?
(a) Lawless.
(b) Socialist.
(c) Strict.
(d) Normal.

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

14. How did Zora's findings in Nassau influence her research?
(a) The stories became very popular.
(b) The stories were the same as Florida.
(c) She realized what she'd been doing wrong.
(d) She chose to quit the job.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Zora describes her father's revivals as ______.

2. What role did Big Sweet play in Zora's life?

3. How does Zora describe reconnecting with her family after so long?

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

5. Where did Fanny take Zora on a spontaneous trip?

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