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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. How does Zora describe reconnecting with her family after so long?
(a) Joyful.
(b) Uncomfortable.
(c) Overwhelming.
(d) Horrible.

2. When did Zora discuss race?
(a) In poetry.
(b) When someone asked her to.
(c) When she felt like it.
(d) When it was necessary.

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

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

5. What defined the political makeup of Polk County?
(a) Socialist.
(b) Lawless.
(c) Normal.
(d) Strict.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. While discussing distinctions within her own race, she explains that educated people ______ raucous people.

3. What role did Big Sweet play in Zora's life?

4. What did Zora's relationship with P.M.P try?

5. Ethel Waters was very ______.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why did Zora's relationships fail?

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

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

9. What was the primary dysfunction in Zora and P.M.P's relationship? Why did it end?

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

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