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Famous Floridians: Zora Neale Hurston & Harriet Beecher Stowe

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 3hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Zora Neale Hurston was known as the first Black American to do what?

a)

Stay on a bus to prove that segregation was wrong

b)

Was a huge supporter of Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Is noted as the first Black American to collect and publish African American and Afro-Caribbean folklore

2.

Where was Zora Neale Hurston born?

a)

Alabama

b)

Florida

c)

Georgia

d)

New York

3.

Where did Zora Neale Hurston move with her family early in her life?

a)

New Smyrna Beach, Florida

b)

Eatonville, Florida

c)

Daytona Beach, Florida

d)

Trick question, she never left her birth state

4.

How old was Zora Neale Hurston when her mother died?

a)

20

b)

13

c)

36

d)

5

5.

What did Zora Neale Hurston study at Columbia University?

a)

Biology

b)

African-American Folklore

c)

Anthropology

d)

She never went to college even though she really wanted to.

6.

What is considered the most powerful novel that Hurston had written?

a)

Their Eyes Were Watching God

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

She was a musician not a novelist.

d)

I've Got the Map of Florida on my Tongue

7.

What happened on August 15, 1887?

a)

Zora Hurston passed away

b)

Eatonville was incorporated and made into an official town

c)

The war was over

d)

The slaves were freed in Florida

8.

How does the town of Eatonville celebrate Zora Neale Hurston?

a)

Unfortunately they don't, they have completely forgotten her.

b)

The Zora Neale Hurston Festival

c)

A parade and balloon festival on her birthday every year.

d)

By having a dance in her honor

9.

What was Harriet Becher Stowe most famous for?

a)

Writing "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

b)

Writing "Primary Geography for Children"

c)

For being the governor of Florida's wife.

d)

For purchasing property on the St. John's River

10.

What was "Uncle Tom's Cabin" about?

a)

The cruelty that slaves endured

b)

It was about a beautiful cabin located in Florida

c)

It was about her fun Uncle Tom

d)

It was about how you can vacation at a cabin owned by her family

11.

How many copies of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" were sold the first week?

a)

100,000

b)

0

c)

500,000

d)

10,000

12.

Why was Harriet Beecher Stowe's career unusual?

a)

She was the first author from Florida

b)

She had a career outside of the home, which was unusual at the time for a woman.

c)

She wrote about Florida, and that had never been done.

d)

She had a normal career