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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 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.

2. Who suggests that Lucius go visit the Indians to cure his ailment?
(a) Monroe.
(b) Ratcliff.
(c) DuBoise.
(d) Alexander.

3. How long did Doom live away from his tribe?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Twenty-seven years.
(c) Thirty-seven years.
(d) Seventeen years.

4. After he left his tribe, where did Doom settle?
(a) In San Francisco.
(b) In Austin.
(c) In Seattle.
(d) In New Orleans.

5. When Res Grier is waiting for his friend to return from fox hunting, how late is he when he finally arrives at work?
(a) Six hours late.
(b) Four hours late.
(c) Two hours late.
(d) Eight hours late.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Emily Grierson when she dies?

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

3. Which of the following government officials does NOT arrive at the home of the two boys in "The Tall Men"?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Pete's family react when he is killed in combat in the story "Shall Not Perish"?

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

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

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

6. How does Sam Fathers earn his birth name?

7. Why are the two Indians in "Red Leaves" searching for their chief's slave?

8. How is Sarty involved in his father's death?

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

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

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