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"The Inside Search" from Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Hurston Writing"The Inside Search" from Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Hurston Writing
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"The Inside Search" from Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Hurston

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Who is Zora Neale Hurston? Read the autobiography the best known female writer from the Harlem Renaissance. After reading the novel Dust Tracks on a Road, have your class complete this packet. There are 12 multiple-choice questions posted, two short answer, and one essay question. A short, comprehensive assessment of one chapter is given here. 

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10th - 12th
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