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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following things motivates the pilots in "Death Drag" to perform such dangerous tricks when traveling town to town?
(a) Habit.
(b) Money.
(c) Fame.
(d) Thrill.

2. What happens to Minnie on the first day she leaves her apartment after the attack?
(a) She is cheered as a hero.
(b) She is ignored by everyone she encounters.
(c) She has a nervous breakdown.
(d) She is beaten up by an angry mob.

3. According to Indian tradition, what must the chief's slave do after the chief dies?
(a) Be sold to another Indian chief.
(b) Marry the chief's wife.
(c) Be buried next to the chief.
(d) Be banished into the wilderness.

4. What is the name of the black man who is killed for assaulting Minnie Cooper in the story "Dry September"?
(a) Will Mayes.
(b) Tomas Frank.
(c) Alan Barks.
(d) Charlie Delay.

5. What liquor does the father in "The Tall Men" drink for anesthetic before his surgery?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Wine.
(c) Champagne.
(d) Beer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What crop does the family in "The Tall Men" grow?

2. Which of the following adjectives does NOT describe the family from the story "The Tall Men"?

3. How much money does Mannie give to Snopes after she shoots his prize mule in the story "Mule in the Yard"?

4. Which of the following holidays is Georgie anxiously anticipating in the story "That Will Be Fine"?

5. Who suggests that Lucius go visit the Indians to cure his ailment?

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