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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eatonville was founded after what war?
(a) The American Revolution.
(b) World War II.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Civil War.

2. Zora's brother intended to help her ___________.
(a) Make friends.
(b) Finish her education.
(c) Pay her rent.
(d) Find a job.

3. Before meeting up with Gilbert & Sullivan, Zora felt _____.
(a) Lost.
(b) Bored.
(c) Unloved.
(d) Lonely.

4. Zora's mother showed no interest in Hurston _____.
(a) Ever.
(b) While she was in school.
(c) Initially.
(d) While he was a farmer.

5. Why are parents annoyed by children asking questions, according to Zora?
(a) Parents have to think about what they actually do know and what they don't know.
(b) Parents like to be quiet.
(c) Children shouldn't know too much.
(d) The children won't listen to the answers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zora say parents respond to children's questioning?

2. How did Zora's mother's family feel about the engagement?

3. In her youth, what did Zora's parents try not to do to her?

4. Zora described the white man's relationship with her as _______.

5. Zora describes the day her mother gave birth as ______.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the cultural significance of "Joe Clark's Porch"?

2. What tool largely defines Zora's writing? What effect does this have on the narrative?

3. What was the future of Zora's relationship with the "Uncle"?

4. Why wouldn't Zora return to her brother and his wife?

5. What was the unique racial make-up of Eatonville?

6. Why was the stepmother not happy in the Hurston family?

7. What was the internal drama at Gilbert and Sullivan? Why did members of the troupe feel betrayed?

8. Why was Zora fired from her cleaning/nanny job? What is the irony of the reasons they fired her?

9. What was the difference between how men and women were gossiped about in Eatonville?

10. Why did the actors of Gilbert and Sullivan tease Zora? What was her relationship with them?

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