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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 profession did Mason's nephew have?
(a) Store Manager.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Barber.
(d) Accountant.

2. Which of the following does NOT describe Mrs. Turpin's view of the other waiting room patients?
(a) Unkempt.
(b) Ugly.
(c) Rude.
(d) Engaging.

3. Who is the grandchild that Mr. Fortune likes?
(a) Elliot.
(b) James.
(c) Cindy.
(d) Mary.

4. Who had Parker wanted to marry?
(a) The cute waitress at the diner.
(b) The librarian.
(c) No one.
(d) His high school sweetheart.

5. Who buries Mason?
(a) Mason's nephew.
(b) A Negro.
(c) Francis.
(d) A neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Parker feel he cannot live up to?

2. Which of the following does NOT characterize Julian in relation to his mother?

3. What does Julian's mother offer the Negro child on the bus?

4. What ends the relationship between Mason and Francis?

5. Where does Mason Tarwater live?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Parker meet his wife?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the premise of THE VIOLENT BEAR IT AWAY?

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

9. What story does Francis tell the schoolteacher about Mason's death?

10. What does the schoolteacher consider hopeful after Mason's death?

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