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WorksheetsFamous Floridians: Zora Neale Hurston & Harriet Beecher Stowe
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 3hrs 0mins
Zora Neale Hurston was known as the first Black American to do what?
Stay on a bus to prove that segregation was wrong
Was a huge supporter of Martin Luther King Jr.
Is noted as the first Black American to collect and publish African American and Afro-Caribbean folklore
Where was Zora Neale Hurston born?
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
New York
Where did Zora Neale Hurston move with her family early in her life?
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Eatonville, Florida
Daytona Beach, Florida
Trick question, she never left her birth state
How old was Zora Neale Hurston when her mother died?
20
13
36
5
What did Zora Neale Hurston study at Columbia University?
Biology
African-American Folklore
Anthropology
She never went to college even though she really wanted to.
What is considered the most powerful novel that Hurston had written?
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Harlem Renaissance
She was a musician not a novelist.
I've Got the Map of Florida on my Tongue
What happened on August 15, 1887?
Zora Hurston passed away
Eatonville was incorporated and made into an official town
The war was over
The slaves were freed in Florida
How does the town of Eatonville celebrate Zora Neale Hurston?
Unfortunately they don't, they have completely forgotten her.
The Zora Neale Hurston Festival
A parade and balloon festival on her birthday every year.
By having a dance in her honor
What was Harriet Becher Stowe most famous for?
Writing "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Writing "Primary Geography for Children"
For being the governor of Florida's wife.
For purchasing property on the St. John's River
What was "Uncle Tom's Cabin" about?
The cruelty that slaves endured
It was about a beautiful cabin located in Florida
It was about her fun Uncle Tom
It was about how you can vacation at a cabin owned by her family
How many copies of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" were sold the first week?
100,000
0
500,000
10,000
Why was Harriet Beecher Stowe's career unusual?
She was the first author from Florida
She had a career outside of the home, which was unusual at the time for a woman.
She wrote about Florida, and that had never been done.
She had a normal career
