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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. What effect did Maitland have on Eatonville?
(a) Their support contributed to its success.
(b) They controlled the government.
(c) They took it over.
(d) They helped real estate value.

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

3. What was the result of the teasing?
(a) Zora had emotional trauma.
(b) The actors were fired.
(c) Zora was accepted into the group.
(d) Zora quit.

4. Why did Zora's mother give in to Hurston?
(a) She had no other options.
(b) He was very charming.
(c) Her parents made her.
(d) She thought he'd eventually leave.

5. How were women discussed by the people of Eatonville?
(a) They're not.
(b) Through allusion.
(c) Openly.
(d) Through metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did John Hurston treat his new wife?

2. Who founded Eatonville?

3. What did Zora's stepmother want?

4. In a metaphor, Zora says she is "intimate with the _______."

5. How did the Hurston family view the white man?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the result of Zora's mother's plan in marrying John Hurston?

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

4. What ultimately destroyed the Hurston family?

5. Why did Zora's family object to her mother's agreement to marry John Hurston?

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

7. Why did John Hurston remarry?

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

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

10. How does Zora perceive the fight between her mother and grandmother? What does she think should have been done?

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