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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Catholic Novelists and Their Readers and The Catholic Novelist in the Protestant South.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What volunteer fire department was Mr. Montgomery a member of?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Biloxi.
(d) Crawford.

2. Where did O'Connor's first set of peafowl come from?
(a) Chattanooga, Tennessee.
(b) Macon, Georgia.
(c) Gulf Shores, Alabama.
(d) Eustis, Florida.

3. How many peafowl did O'Connor buy from an ad in a paper?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

4. What does O'Connor say is a word that sounds good in anyone's mouth that no book jacket can do without?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Gratitude.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Kindness.

5. How long does it take for a cock's plumage to attain its pattern?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 5 weeks.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character in fiction is usually disturbing to the reader?

2. From what newspaper was the photographer who visited O'Connor at her home?

3. What author does O'Connor point to in the first sentence of The Church and the Fiction Writer?

4. What did the telephone repairman comment on when O'Connor asked what he thinks of the peacock?

5. How much was a pair of peafowl that O'Connor saw in the paper?

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