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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John Hurston claimed the magma layer of the earth was __________________.
(a) Pergatory.
(b) Hell.
(c) Eden.
(d) Heaven.

2. What happened after Zora paid her rent?
(a) She got evicted.
(b) Her building burned down.
(c) She moved out.
(d) Her best friend moved in.

3. The party where Zora and Ethel meet was for whom?
(a) The mayor.
(b) Ethel.
(c) Society people.
(d) A new mother.

4. What did Zora's relationship with P.M.P try?
(a) Her sanity.
(b) Her talent.
(c) Her bank account.
(d) Her nature.

5. Around whom was Fanny Hurst usually found?
(a) Writers.
(b) Other women.
(c) Children.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zora exhibit as a common language tool among Southerners?

2. How many people could John Hurston lead in his revivals?

3. What role did Big Sweet play in Zora's life?

4. Because of their findings, Zora equates mining with ___________.

5. What has Zora discovered at the end of "My People! My People!" about the nature of blacks and whites?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Ethel Waters a challenge to befriend?

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

4. What was special about John Hurston's portrait of hell?

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

6. How are Zora and Fanny Hurst compatible? Why did they make good friends?

7. What opportunity did Nassau afford Zora?

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

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

10. Where did Zora gain her lingual abilities? How did these abilities aid her and her father's careers?

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