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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Dust Tracks on the Road : Chapter 2, I Get Born & The Inside Search.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Zora described the white man's relationship with her as _______.
(a) Limited.
(b) Inappropriate.
(c) Proprietary.
(d) Comforting.

2. What was the primary conflict between Zora's mother and father?
(a) Money.
(b) Fidelity.
(c) Children.
(d) Paint colors.

3. To what is "a crow in a pigeon's nest" referring?
(a) Zora's exclusion from her family.
(b) Zora's father's rage.
(c) Zora's curious nature.
(d) The white man.

4. Why did Zora have good feelings toward white people?
(a) She didn't have time for negative feelings.
(b) Her parents taught her by their example.
(c) She's had good experiences with them.
(d) She had good feelings towards everyone.

5. Zora's mother was from a ______ family.
(a) Immigrant.
(b) Small.
(c) Refined.
(d) Poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Zora's mother know the white man who comes to her?

2. Zora's mother showed no interest in Hurston _____.

3. Zora's mother's family name was _____.

4. The white neighbors of Maitland were very _______.

5. After Zora's mother gave birth, what did the white man do?

(see the answer key)

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