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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Back Stage (c. 8).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did Zora make at her new job?
(a) Fifty cents a day.
(b) Five dollars a month.
(c) One hundred dollars a year.
(d) Ten dollars a week.

2. In her youth, what did Zora's parents try not to do to her?
(a) Yell at her.
(b) Make her think much.
(c) Break her spirit.
(d) Spoil her.

3. How were difficulties resolved in Eatonville?
(a) They weren't.
(b) By fines.
(c) Outside of court.
(d) By the cours.

4. Zora's boyish nature was _______.
(a) Annoying.
(b) Acceptable.
(c) Frowned upon.
(d) Unique.

5. At Gilbert & Sullivan, why did the actors tease Zora?
(a) They were bored.
(b) She was poor.
(c) They didn't like her.
(d) As part of the initiation process.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the white man come to Zora's mother's house?

2. What does Zora clarify about the teasing?

3. What ended John Hurston's new marriage?

4. To what is "a crow in a pigeon's nest" referring?

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

(see the answer key)

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