How it Feels to Be Colored Me by Zora Neale Hurston

What was unique about Eatonville, Florida, where the narrator lived until age 13?

• It was a diverse town with many different ethnic groups.

• It was an exclusively "colored" town.

• It was a popular tourist destination for both Northerners and Southerners.

• It was a quiet, isolated farming community.

How did the narrator describe her interactions with Northern tourists in Eatonville?

• She avoided them, as they were often rude.

• She found them timid and rarely spoke to them.

• She would speak to them, perform for them, and receive money.

• They were similar to the native white people and largely ignored her.

What event marked the narrator's "sea-change" and her realization of being "colored"?

• Her grandfather's stories about being an Indian chief.

• Her move to Jacksonville at age thirteen.

• An encounter with a native white person in Eatonville.

• A conversation with her family about her identity.

How does the narrator view her identity as a descendant of slaves?

• She feels a great sorrow and hurt about it.

• She sees it as a past event that doesn't define her present.

• She believes it has given her a disadvantage in the world.

• She weeps at the world because of her ancestors' suffering.

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Where does the speaker feel "most colored"?

• In Eatonville

• At Barnard

• Among a thousand white persons

• When covered by the waters

How does the speaker describe the jazz orchestra's approach to music?

• It is slow and deliberate.

• It loses no time in circumlocutions and gets right down to business.

• It is gentle and soothing.

• It is structured and predictable.

What is the speaker's internal reaction when her white friend remarks, "Good music they have here," after the jazz piece?

• She agrees wholeheartedly with his appreciation.

• She feels a deep connection, understanding that he felt the same emotions she did.

• She realizes he only "heard what I felt," highlighting a difference in experience.

• She is angered by his casual dismissal of the music's intensity.

What does the "brown bag" metaphor represent for the speaker?

• A collection of valuable possessions.

• A jumble of small things, both priceless and worthless.

• A symbol of her racial identity.

• A container for her dreams and aspirations.