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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the townsfolk find lying on the pillow next to Homer Barron's corpse?
(a) A fresh, red rose.
(b) A shiny gold key.
(c) A long, gray hair.
(d) A lipstick stained kiss.

2. How old is Emily Grierson when she dies?
(a) 64.
(b) 94.
(c) 84.
(d) 74.

3. What part of the black men's clothing did Lucius Provine burn when he was a child?
(a) Their socks.
(b) Their bow ties.
(c) Their collars.
(d) Their hats.

4. What building is Res Grier in charge of reshingling?
(a) The church.
(b) The school.
(c) The police office.
(d) The hospital.

5. Why does the president decide to hold a "mock trial" for the Indian chief's nephew?
(a) To get the Indians off his land.
(b) To fool the Indians into thinking that he understands the law.
(c) To appease the townsfolk.
(d) To punish the nephew to the fullest extent of the law.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Abner Snope do for a living?

3. Which of the following ailments does not befall the first pilot in the story "Death Drag"?

4. What devastating fact does Pappy find out about the black woman he is in love with?

5. Which of the following adjectives best describes Flem Snopes in the story "Centaur in Brass"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the slave finally captured in the story "Red Leaves"?

2. What do the townsfolk find behind the locked door in Emily Grierson's home after she dies?

3. Why is Lucius Provine sent to see the Indian doctor while out on a bear hunt?

4. Why does Res Grier offer a hound dog to two of his co-workers?

5. How does the father in "The Tall Men" cope with the surgery he must undergo before his sons are taken away from him?

6. How does Nancy react to life in jail in the story "The Evening Sun"?

7. What request does Pappy make of Doom when he returns to the tribe, and what is Doom's response?

8. Why do the Indians come to the president's office seeking advice in the story "Lo"?

9. Why do the Jefferson townsfolk pity Emily Grierson after her father dies?

10. Whom does the desirable woman in "A Courtship" decide to marry, and how does she make her decision?

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