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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Zora referred to white men as ______.
(a) Ephemeral.
(b) Royal.
(c) Scum.
(d) Bording.

3. For how long could John Hurston's revivals go?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Three days.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Five hours.

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

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

6. What did the students call Dr. Boas?
(a) Dr. Boas.
(b) Papa.
(c) Harrold.
(d) Big Brother.

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

8. What aided Zora's creativity in her life?
(a) Southern artfulness.
(b) Her troubled family.
(c) Her great education.
(d) Her time with Gilbert and Sullivan.

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

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

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

12. Why didn't Zora want to write about "the race problem"?
(a) She felt it was overdone.
(b) She didn't want to make it an issue.
(c) She didn't know what to say.
(d) She thought it was unimportant.

13. What was the primary rumor about Big Sweet?
(a) Her husband was cheating on her.
(b) She had a drinking problem.
(c) She was part of a gang.
(d) She had killed people.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Zora feel about the Roosevelts?

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

3. What was the initial problem with Zora getting her book published?

4. What did Zora survive in Nassau?

5. What has Zora discovered at the end of "My People! My People!" about the nature of blacks and whites?

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