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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. For what was Leon Walter Young famous?
(a) Cleaning up the city.
(b) Running off the governor.
(c) Fooling everyone.
(d) His inidelities.

2. While at Barnard, Zora's work and school lives began to ______.
(a) Disappear.
(b) Blend.
(c) Undergo criticism.
(d) Conflict.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What attracted Zora to P.M.P?

2. When did Zora discuss race?

3. Why did Zora fail in her first try at research?

4. What kind of men was Zora attracted to?

5. What is uncommon amongst whites and Yankees in Zora's opinion?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Zora address "the race problem" in her work? Why does she approach it as she does?

2. What opportunity did Nassau afford Zora?

3. Why was Zora's relationship with P.M.P a trial of her will and nature?

4. Why did Zora have to flee Polk County?

5. How did Zora pursue a friendship with Ethel Waters? Why was she eager to befriend Ethel?

6. Were Zora's school and work life beginning to blend at Barnard? Was this a good combination for her?

7. What was special about John Hurston's portrait of hell?

8. How did the miners in Polk County get a history lesson?

9. Where did Zora gain her lingual abilities? How did these abilities aid her and her father's careers?

10. Did Zora find that there is a quintessential black person? A white person?

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