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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. To describe the social makeup of Polk County, Zora details dancing and ______.
(a) Fighting.
(b) Working.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Marriage.

2. John Hurston claimed the magma layer of the earth was __________________.
(a) Eden.
(b) Pergatory.
(c) Hell.
(d) Heaven.

3. In her research in the South, Zora was assigned to gather ______.
(a) Evidence.
(b) Gold.
(c) Folktales.
(d) Relics.

4. What did the miners in Polk find in the mines?
(a) People hiding.
(b) A body.
(c) Relics of Earth's history.
(d) Coal.

5. How many people could John Hurston lead in his revivals?
(a) Seventy-five.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Two hundred.

Short Answer Questions

1. Zora explains that it is often the province of women to ______ young girls.

2. Zora referred to white men as ______.

3. Why did Zora want to befriend Ethel?

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

5. What has Zora discovered at the end of "My People! My People!" about the nature of blacks and whites?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Zora's early romantic life, what was her nature? Why was she this way?

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

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

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

6. What opportunity did Nassau afford Zora?

7. Why did Zora have conflicted feelings towards the church?

8. What was John Hurston's reputation as a preacher? How did he gain this status and reputation?

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

10. Was Leon Walter Young notorious? Why?

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