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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. In Eatonville, what made people know a man was cheating on his wife?

2. Zora felt she had not been adequately appreciated for ______________.

3. What was the result of the teasing?

4. In a metaphor, Zora says she is "intimate with the _______."

5. What was Zora's time working lacking?

Short Essay Questions

1. Were there dual sides to Zora's personality? Are these positive or negative? Why?

2. What was the unique racial make-up of Eatonville?

3. What was the internal drama at Gilbert and Sullivan? Why did members of the troupe feel betrayed?

4. What was the difference between how men and women were gossiped about in Eatonville?

5. Why did Zora have a good relationship with white people?

6. What was the result of Zora's mother's plan in marrying John Hurston?

7. Why was Zora fired from her cleaning/nanny job? What is the irony of the reasons they fired her?

8. What was the future of Zora's relationship with the "Uncle"?

9. How does Zora perceive the fight between her mother and grandmother? What does she think should have been done?

10. In Eatonville, what was the expected protocol for handling a dispute? How did the townspeople respond if people deviated from this standard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Zora's drive and ability to overcome struggles. Analyze her resourcefulness and attitude.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Zora's fixation on social politics relates to her effect on the communities of which she is a part. What do we learn through this? About Zora? Her environments? The time?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Zora's relationship with white people.

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