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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. Being found attractive was a ______ part of Zora's adulthood.
(a) Normal.
(b) Unusual.
(c) Favorite.
(d) Dreaded.

2. What "game" did Fanny play at?
(a) House.
(b) Cops and robbers.
(c) Hockey.
(d) Being a guest in her own home.

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

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

5. Zora referred to white men as ______.
(a) Scum.
(b) Bording.
(c) Ephemeral.
(d) Royal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lucy want with Zora?

2. People were drawn to John Hurston's revivals because they were ______.

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

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

5. Dr. Boas found a ______ for Zora to go south.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why did Zora's relationships fail?

6. Why did Zora have to flee Polk County?

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

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

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

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

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