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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. When was Zora to start her research in the south?

2. How did Dr. Boas receive Zora's failure?

3. What caused Zora to leave Polk?

4. How did Zora feel about the Roosevelts?

5. What did the miners in Polk find in the mines?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What opportunity did Nassau afford Zora?

4. Was Leon Walter Young notorious? Why?

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

6. In Zora's early romantic life, what was her nature? Why was she this way?

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

8. Why did Zora have to flee Polk County?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the effect of the surrogate mothers and fathers on Zora's life.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Zora's relationship with school.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Zora's approach to men in her romantic life and how this ties to events prior to her maturity.

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