1. What does Hurston say happened to her one day?

2. Where did Hurston grow up? In what way did the town residents' reaction to the two groups of white people differ?

3. What did Hurston do when Northerners passed through town?

4. What distinction did Hurston make between white people and the African Americans she knew? What did Hurston do for the white people?

5. What transformation did Hurston undergo at thirteen?

6. How does Hurston feel about being "colored"?

7. What fact about being an African American does Hurston find exciting?

8. When does Hurston feel most "colored"?

9. How does Hurston describe the jazz music?

10. How does Hurston describe herself at the New World Cabaret?

11. When is Hurston unconscious of her race? How does she see herself?

12. What is Hurston's reaction when she feels discriminated against?

13. To what does Hurston compare herself? In what ways are the bags of different colors alike?