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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Middle Ground stories.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sam Father's real birth name?
(a) Little-Man.
(b) Had-Two-Fathers.
(c) No-Good-Baby.
(d) Cheating-Man's-Son.

2. What is the name of Sam Fathers' true father?
(a) Lo.
(b) Doom.
(c) Sam Senior.
(d) Pappy.

3. Which of the following purchases did the dead woman upgrade every year?
(a) Her mortgage.
(b) Her telephone.
(c) Her car.
(d) Her coffin.

4. During which war was the Day of Armistice?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) World War I.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Civil War.

5. Whom does Res Grier take with him when he returns to work on the church in the middle of the night?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His nephew.
(c) His son.
(d) His brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Mannie's relatives is killed driving mules while working for Snopes?

2. What race is Wash, from the story "Wash"?

3. What part of the father's body in "The Tall Men" has been injured in the war?

4. Who shoots Abner Snope?

5. What religious group attempts to save Willy's life by sending him to an asylum in the story "Uncle Willy"?

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