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

2. Which of the following ailments plagues Lucius while he is out on the bear hunt?
(a) Hiccups.
(b) Sneezing.
(c) Coughing.
(d) Shortness of breath.

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

4. Which of the following metals is used to make the whistle in Flem Snopes' story?
(a) Silver.
(b) Steel.
(c) Gold.
(d) Brass.

5. How much money does Mannie give to Snopes after she shoots his prize mule in the story "Mule in the Yard"?
(a) Fifty dollars.
(b) Five dollars.
(c) Ten dollars.
(d) Twenty dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men is Res Grier working with to reshingle the church in "Shingles for God"?

2. What does Hawkshaw do for a living in the story "Hair"?

3. What shocking item does Emily Grierson purchase from the druggist in town?

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

5. What vegetable is Abner Snope ordered to use to pay back his debts?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Flem Snopes attempts to turn his two black co-workers against each other in the story "Centaur in Brass"?

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

3. How does Lucius Provine treat the black people in his neighborhood when he is a child?

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

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

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

7. What happens when young Georgie goes to visit his Uncle Rodney in the story "That Will Be Fine"?

8. What competition do Ikkemotubbe and David Hogganbeck find themselves in in the story "A Courtship"?

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

10. What happens when Minnie Cooper attempts to leave her home on the day after the attack in "Dry September"?

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