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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction to A Memoir of Mary Ann.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of "Summer Dust"?
(a) Caroline Gordon.
(b) Erin Carden.
(c) Linda Gray.
(d) Amy Matthews.

2. How does O'Connor believe a work of fiction should be studied?
(a) Psychologically.
(b) Grammatically.
(c) Technically.
(d) Sociologically.

3. What grade were the children who visited O'Connor's farm to see her peafowl?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Third.
(c) First.
(d) Second.

4. What does O'Connor think every writer would like to think of himself as?
(a) A genius.
(b) A realist.
(c) An original.
(d) An artist.

5. O'Connor knew an English teacher who asked students what the moral is to what novel?
(a) Billy Budd.
(b) Uncle Tom's Cabin.
(c) Moby Dick.
(d) The Scarlet Letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does O'Connor say fiction should deal with?

2. What does O'Connor say is a word that sounds good in anyone's mouth that no book jacket can do without?

3. What family member of O'Connor's reviewed her novel for her high school class?

4. What is the name of the story O'Connor recalls where a man tells his wife that her birthmark shocks him?

5. What did one of O'Connor's peafowl lose in the mowing machine?

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