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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. For how long could John Hurston's revivals go?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Three days.
(d) Five hours.

2. In New Orleans, Zora became involved in ______.
(a) Volunteer work.
(b) A gang.
(c) The church.
(d) Hoodoo.

3. The party where Zora and Ethel meet was for whom?
(a) A new mother.
(b) Ethel.
(c) Society people.
(d) The mayor.

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

5. Why was there pressure for Zora to write about "the race problem"?
(a) It is a cultural trend.
(b) She was not being pressured.
(c) People told her it was her duty.
(d) She was a great writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Zora feel about the Roosevelts?

2. Why did Zora fail in her first try at research?

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

4. For what was Leon Walter Young famous?

5. Why didn't Zora want to write about "the race problem"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What opportunity did Nassau afford Zora?

6. Was Leon Walter Young notorious? Why?

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

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

9. What was the argument between the whore and prostitute in Polk County? Why does Zora single this instance out?

10. How are Big Sweet and Zora similar?

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