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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who dose Hazel accompany to the dining car?
(a) Mrs. Hosen.
(b) A woman whom he has been flirting with.
(c) The porter.
(d) His mother.

2. In “The Peeler”, what is the yellow-haired boy’s name?
(a) He isn’t given a name.
(b) Hazel Motes.
(c) Old Gabriel.
(d) Enoch Emery.

3. Who is John Wesley?
(a) A boy that Sash thinks of as his own son.
(b) A boy that Sally has arranged to wheel General Sash to the stage.
(c) Sally’s brother who no longer speaks to General Sash.
(d) Sally’s son who is graduating from college.

4. What does the upper sleeping berth remind Hazel Wickers of?
(a) His back porch.
(b) His bed.
(c) His mother’s chiffarobe.
(d) A coffin.

5. How old is General Sash?
(a) 54.
(b) 70.
(c) 87.
(d) 104.

6. Who is Madam Zoleeda?
(a) Ruby's best friend.
(b) Rufus’s prostitute.
(c) The palmist on highway 87.
(d) The woman who owns the local saloon.

7. In the beginning of “The Barbar”, what is Rayber reminiscing about?
(a) A long walk he had with his wife.
(b) His last meal.
(c) The church sermon.
(d) His last shave at the barber.

8. After the family rolls their car in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, what do the men in the passing car have?
(a) A tow truck.
(b) Guns.
(c) Food.
(d) Water.

9. Who tries to befriend Hazel Motes?
(a) The blind man.
(b) The red-haired girl.
(c) Enoch Emery.
(d) The baker.

10. How old is the boy in “The River”?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) An infant.

11. What does Emery order at the diner in “Enoch and the Gorilla”?
(a) Coffee and pie.
(b) A piece of cake.
(c) Chicken-fried steak.
(d) Pork chops.

12. In the short story “Enoch and the Gorilla”, what does the sign on the truck advertise?
(a) Conga, the gorilla.
(b) Churros.
(c) Conga, the ape.
(d) Conga, the anaconda.

13. What is the profession of Mrs. Willerton’s main character Lot Motum?
(a) A locomotive engineer.
(b) A barber.
(c) An Irish potato farmer.
(d) A sharecropper.

14. How old is Ruller?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Six.
(d) Eleven.

15. What does Mrs. Willerton consider herself?
(a) A musician.
(b) A writer.
(c) An artist.
(d) A poet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruller hike back to his town with?

2. What time does the babysitter pick up the boy in “The River”?

3. Where does “The Heart of the Park” take place?

4. Who reappears in “The Heart of the Park”?

5. What was Old Dudley waiting for while looking out the window?

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