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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the bull in “Greenleaf” belong to?
(a) Mrs. May.
(b) The Greenleaf twins.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Greanleaf.
(d) The neighbors.

2. How old is the grandfather in “A View of the Woods”?
(a) 79 years old.
(b) 43 years old.
(c) 55 years old.
(d) 50 years old.

3. Where do the girls in “A Temple of the Holy Ghost” go with the boys on a date?
(a) To a diner.
(b) To the movies.
(c) To the roller-rink.
(d) To the fair.

4. Where are Mr. and Mrs. Turpin?
(a) At the grocery store.
(b) At home.
(c) In a doctor’s waiting room.
(d) At the state capitol.

5. What happens to Mrs. Turpin in the waiting room?
(a) She drops her plate of cookies.
(b) She faints.
(c) An eighteen-year-old girl gets tired of hearing her and finally erupts in a fit, throwing a book at her.
(d) A girl snatches her Bible and rips it in two.

6. At the end of “The Artificial Nigger”, what does Nelson vow?
(a) To never travel with Mr. Head again.
(b) To never go to the sea again.
(c) To never leave his tickets on the train again.
(d) To never return to the city again.

7. What so-called disease does the girl Thomas’s mother helps have in “The Comforts of Home”?
(a) “Nimpermania.”
(b) “Epilepsy.”
(c) “Hypremesis gravidarum.”
(d) “Schizophrenia.”

8. Who has a stroke in “Why Do the Heathen Rage”?
(a) Mrs. Cope.
(b) Walter’s mother.
(c) Walter.
(d) Mr. Tilman.

9. What does Mary George do for a living?
(a) She is a playwright.
(b) She is a grocer.
(c) She is the principal of an elementary school.
(d) She does not work because she is a woman.

10. Who does Mrs. Hopewell live with?
(a) No one, she lives alone.
(b) Her 32-year-old daughter, Joy.
(c) Her granddaughter, Emma.
(d) Her 18-year-old son, Nelson.

11. Who comes to the front door in “Good Country People”?
(a) The Freemans.
(b) A Bible salesman.
(c) Nelson, the milkman
(d) No one comes to the front door.

12. Who is disgusted with Asbury?
(a) The professor.
(b) The priest.
(c) His mother, Emme Lee.
(d) His sister, Mary George.

13. Who does Thomas accidentally shoot?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) Himself.
(c) His mother.
(d) The girl.

14. What do the teenagers on a date in “A Temple of the Holy Ghost” see in the “freak show” tent?
(a) A giant man.
(b) A hermaphrodite.
(c) A little person.
(d) A bearded lady.

15. What is stolen from Joy?
(a) Her wig.
(b) Her artificial leg.
(c) Her virginity.
(d) Her clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is being built next to the grandfather’s property in “A View of the Woods”?

2. How old is Francis Tarwater?

3. From what age has Mr. Head reared his grandson?

4. What does Dr. Block tell Asbury?

5. Who does Mr. Head live with?

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