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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. What attracted Zora to P.M.P?

2. How does Zora describe the challenges she's faced in her life?

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

4. Ethel Waters was very ______.

5. What does Zora note about the way forgiveness is taught in church?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Zora have conflicted feelings towards the church?

2. Why was Ethel Waters a challenge to befriend?

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

4. Was Leon Walter Young notorious? Why?

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

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

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

8. Why was Zora's relationship with P.M.P a trial of her will and nature?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the impact of Zora's friendships. What does she learn about life and her own self from friendships? What can we learn about her from the friendships?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Zora's arguments and complex relationship with religion.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Zora's relationship with white people.

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