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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. In looking back on her relationship with P.M.P, Zora doesn't feel what?
(a) Anything.
(b) Nostalgic.
(c) Happy.
(d) Resentful.

2. What is the meaning of "My people! My people!" in the African American community?
(a) To express your love for your community.
(b) To express embarrassment at the actions of another.
(c) To get someone's attention.
(d) To express sorrow at being away from your family.

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

4. What attracted Zora to P.M.P?
(a) His kindness.
(b) His wealth.
(c) His manliness.
(d) His talent.

5. When did Zora begin to discuss her love life in her book?
(a) After she got married.
(b) Before she headed south.
(c) When her writing career manifested.
(d) After her father's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lucy want with Zora?

2. What defined the political makeup of Polk County?

3. What was Ethel Waters famous for?

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

5. What caused Zora to leave Polk?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Zora's relationships fail?

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

5. How are Big Sweet and Zora similar?

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

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

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

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

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

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