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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the church Evelyn attends on Easter Sunday morning, 1986?
(a) All God's Children Church.
(b) Malcom X Church.
(c) Martin Luther King Jr. Church.
(d) Noah's Ark Church.

2. Which of Frank Bennett's belongings is found by the river, leading to Idgie's arrest?
(a) His clothes.
(b) His wallet.
(c) His truck.
(d) His gun.

3. Which of the following residents is keeping the entire nursing home awake at night, while making loud phone calls to the President?
(a) Ninny.
(b) Opal.
(c) Idgie.
(d) Vesta.

4. During what month of the year does the investigation into Frank's disappearance begin?
(a) December.
(b) March.
(c) July.
(d) October.

5. Why is Smokey Lonesome fired from his job at the restaurant?
(a) For drinking too much.
(b) For stealing food from plates.
(c) For missing a shift.
(d) For smoking behind the bar.

6. Which of Big George's children has the lightest skin color?
(a) Jasper.
(b) Clarissa.
(c) Naughty Bird.
(d) George Jr.

7. Why doesn't Stump accept Peggy's invitation to the Sadie Hawkins Dance?
(a) Because he doesn't know how to dance.
(b) Because he doesn't think Peggy is pretty.
(c) Because he is too nervous to be alone with her.
(d) Because he has sports practice that night.

8. What are Idgie and Stump collecting for Ruth's room when she dies?
(a) Pinecones.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Letters from friends.
(d) Photographs.

9. What is the name of the soldier who kills Willy Boy?
(a) William Lords.
(b) Walter Larson.
(c) Wyclef Lyman.
(d) Winston Lewis.

10. Where is Artis when he dies?
(a) In his car.
(b) At the cafe.
(c) In a hotel.
(d) In his mother's house.

11. Which of the following characters is the true Railroad Bill?
(a) Big George.
(b) Stump.
(c) Artis.
(d) Idgie.

12. What is the name of Artis' friend who nearly lost his dog to a dogcatcher?
(a) Before John.
(b) After John.
(c) After Frank.
(d) Before Frank.

13. What is Clarissa buying on the day she watches her uncle being arrested and dragged from the shopping center?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Perfume.
(c) Groceries.
(d) Stockings.

14. In which city does Artis live with Electra?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Minneapolis.

15. In which Alabaman city does Idgie drop Artis off after helping him get released from prison?
(a) Mobile.
(b) Deatsville.
(c) Birmingham.
(d) Alabaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Smokey Lonesome die?

2. Who really killed Frank Bennett?

3. Which of the following characters does NOT volunteer to play one of the three wise-men in the Christmas pageant after the draft?

4. Which of the following events is NOT listed in the August 10, 1954 edition of the newspaper under the headline, "Mishaps Galore"?

5. How much money does Ninny give Evelyn to go buy her a Coke?

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