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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 happened after Zora paid her rent?
(a) She got evicted.
(b) Her building burned down.
(c) Her best friend moved in.
(d) She moved out.

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

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

4. While discussing distinctions within her own race, she explains that educated people ______ raucous people.
(a) Help.
(b) Patronize.
(c) Bully.
(d) Ostracize

5. What was the initial problem with Zora getting her book published?
(a) The subject matter was too unfamiliar.
(b) She didn't have enough money.
(c) No one was reading.
(d) She wasn't taken seriously.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did Leon Walter Young not cow-tow?

2. Before the big brawl broke out, where was Big Sweet?

3. Zora describes her father's revivals as ______.

4. When Zora would see her boyfriend walking by her house, she imagined he was doing what?

5. Being found attractive was a ______ part of Zora's adulthood.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Zora have to flee Polk County?

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

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

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

5. How are Big Sweet and Zora similar?

6. Why was Zora's new writing career challenging for her financially? How did she overcome it?

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

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

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

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

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