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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 did the students call Dr. Boas?
(a) Papa.
(b) Harrold.
(c) Dr. Boas.
(d) Big Brother.

2. When did Big Sweet act tough?
(a) Whenever she wanted.
(b) Only when she was messed with.
(c) When men were around.
(d) Never.

3. In "Two Women," what element of female life is Zora portraying?
(a) Their secret hopes and dreams.
(b) The importance of friendships.
(c) The excessive drama.
(d) The need for emotional attention.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What aided Zora's creativity in her life?

2. When did Zora begin to discuss her love life in her book?

3. What did Zora survive in Nassau?

4. What does Zora exhibit as a common language tool among Southerners?

5. Zora referred to white men as ______.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Was Leon Walter Young notorious? Why?

3. What was Zora's initial failure in her folktale project? How was this received?

4. Why did Zora's relationships fail?

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

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

7. How are Zora and Fanny Hurst compatible? Why did they make good friends?

8. Through showing her friendships with Ethel Waters and Fanny Hurst, what is Zora communicating to the reader?

9. When is the phrase "My people! My people!" used and why?

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

(see the answer keys)

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