A. Washington pointed out that Hurston’s novel Their Eyes Were Watching God was written to appeal to a white audience and that black male critics, recognizing this appeal, savaged her book (vii–viii).

Try again. This summary inaccurately represents the point of the passage. Washington doesn’t argue that Their Eyes Were Watching God was written to appeal to a white audience.

B. In Washington’s view, Their Eyes Were Watching God—like Hurston’s previous novels—was denounced by black male critics, including the prominent writer Richard Wright, because it was not the type of angry book they felt that a black woman should write (vii–viii).

Correct! This summary accurately covers the main points in Washington’s paragraph using the writer’s own phrasing.