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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 a distinguishing characteristic of Parker's body?
(a) He has really deep dimples.
(b) He has six fingers on his left hand.
(c) He has lots of tattoos.
(d) His right leg is shorter than his left leg.

2. How had Mason once tried to deter his nephew from coming onto his property?
(a) He shot him.
(b) He threatened to call the police.
(c) He threw boiling water on him.
(d) He set the dogs on him.

3. How did Claud sustain his injury?
(a) He reads in the dark.
(b) He was in a car accident.
(c) A cow kicked him.
(d) He fell off a ladder.

4. What does Francis do along the way to digging Mason's grave?
(a) Collapses in tears.
(b) Prays in the meadow.
(c) Goes fishing.
(d) Gets drunk on moonshine.

5. Which of the following does NOT characterize Julian in relation to his mother?
(a) Engaged.
(b) Rude.
(c) Dismissive.
(d) Sullen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Francis visit Mason's nephew?

2. Who buries Mason?

3. How long does Francis live with Mason?

4. Who is Mrs. Turpin's husband?

5. What profession did Mason's nephew have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the premise of A VIEW OF THE WOODS?

2. What are the circumstances in which Julian's mother gets hit?

3. Why is Parker perplexed about his wife's reaction to his tattoo of God?

4. What is Mason's history of taking children in order to save them?

5. How does Parker's wife react when she hears about his new tattoo and his accident at work?

6. Explain the irony of Mr. Fortune's discipline of Mary.

7. How does the schoolteacher react to Mason's death?

8. What is the premise of PARKER'S BACK?

9. What irony does Francis discover about Mason's life after Mason's death?

10. What does Francis do in the time shortly after Mason's death?

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