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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. What "game" did Fanny play at?

2. What did Zora's relationship with P.M.P try?

3. Zora chose not to approach Ethel as a _____.

4. How does Zora describe the challenges she's faced in her life?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was John Hurston's reputation as a preacher? How did he gain this status and reputation?

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

3. How did Zora pursue a friendship with Ethel Waters? Why was she eager to befriend Ethel?

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

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

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

7. Why was Ethel Waters a challenge to befriend?

8. What was the primary dysfunction in Zora and P.M.P's relationship? Why did it end?

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

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

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 Eatonville, Florida, in what it embodies and instills in Zora's life in terms of race, society, and art. How did it affect her?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the impact of the stepmother on the family and how the stepmother's impact affected Zora's life with her family in the long term. What effect did the absence of her family have on her?

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