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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Zora when she left home?

2. Why are parents annoyed by children asking questions, according to Zora?

3. What ended John Hurston's new marriage?

4. Why wouldn't Zora return home to her brother while at Gilbert & Sullivan?

5. Where was Zora's father from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Was Zora supported in her academic determination and abilities?

2. What kind of relationship or effect did Zora have on the adults in her life?

3. Did Zora's mother and father live happily ever after? Why or why not?

4. What ultimately destroyed the Hurston family?

5. What was the significance of the "Uncle" figure in Zora's life?

6. What was the result of Zora's mother's plan in marrying John Hurston?

7. How were the people of Eatonville able to know if a man was cheating on his wife?

8. Why was Zora fired from her cleaning/nanny job? What is the irony of the reasons they fired her?

9. How did Zora stand out with the others at Gilbert and Sullivan? Why did this aid her?

10. In terms of academics, why was Zora' work experience valuable but unfulfilling?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the pairing of Zora's early adulthood and her nature and how Zora can orchestrate all the elements of herself to her detriment or her favor.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Zora's arguments and complex relationship with religion.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the impact of the stepmother on the family and how the stepmother's impact affected Zora's life with her family in the long term. What effect did the absence of her family have on her?

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