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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. How does Zora say parents respond to children's questioning?
(a) They get aggressive.
(b) They answer.
(c) They leave the room.
(d) They send them to school.

2. Why did the white man come to Zora's mother's house?
(a) To find John.
(b) To help her.
(c) To collect rent.
(d) To bring a letter.

3. What did Zora's stepmother NOT want?
(a) John Hurston's children.
(b) Money.
(c) To work.
(d) To live in Eatonville.

4. Why was Zora fired?
(a) She neglected the kids.
(b) They couldn't afford her.
(c) They thought she was a thief.
(d) Her boss hit on her.

5. For Zora's new job, she found work with ________.
(a) Thespians.
(b) Miners.
(c) A family.
(d) Tailors.

Short Answer Questions

1. If someone took a small case to trial in Eatonville, what would happen?

2. In terms of race, John Hurston was _______.

3. In Eatonville, what did a proud husband do?

4. What was John Hurston's distinguishing feature?

5. How did Zora's mother know the white man who comes to her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What ultimately destroyed the Hurston family?

3. In Eatonville, what was the expected protocol for handling a dispute? How did the townspeople respond if people deviated from this standard?

4. Why did Zora have a good relationship with white people?

5. Were there dual sides to Zora's personality? Are these positive or negative? Why?

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

7. Why was it difficult for Zora to find work when leaving home?

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

9. Why did John Hurston remarry?

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

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