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Half Past Autumn Questions
Half Past Autumn Questions
1) On the day Gordon Parks was born, how did the doctor save Gordon's life?
3) What did Gordon's class adviser, Ms. McClintock, tell him about college?
12) When Roy Stryker hired Gordon for the FSA, what was Stryker's first assignment for Gordon
in Washington, D.C.?
14) What was the inspiration for Grant Wood's American Gothic?
17) After Gordon moved to New York, what magazine did he shoot for?
18) Who was the picture editor of Life Magazine when Gordon walked into the Life Magazine
office?
19) What was the first major story Parks covered for Life Magazine?
20) Who were some of the artists that Gordon Parks mentioned influenced his work after he
moved to the Paris Life Magazine bureau?
23) Who was Parks' second wife? (Who was her father? What did she do?)
24) How old was Flavio de Silva when Parks met him?
26) Where did Flavio live when Parks first met Flavio and his family?
27) How is Gloria Vanderbilt? Who is her famous son? Who are her ancestors?