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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Zora describe the challenges she's faced in her life?
(a) Easy.
(b) Terrifying.
(c) Petty.
(d) Average.

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

6. What role did Big Sweet play in Zora's life?
(a) She helps her with her writing.
(b) She protected her.
(c) She acted like a mother.
(d) She hired her.

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

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

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

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

11. When did Zora discuss race?
(a) In poetry.
(b) When she felt like it.
(c) When it was necessary.
(d) When someone asked her to.

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

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Zora observes that Jesus teaches forgiveness, but preachers are often _____.

3. When Zora would see her boyfriend walking by her house, she imagined he was doing what?

4. While discussing distinctions within her own race, she explains that educated people ______ raucous people.

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

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