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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Story of a Dead Man".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is true about the narrator's father?
(a) He loves dancing and Northern pretentious.
(b) He is abusive and violent.
(c) He throws tantrums.
(d) He spoils the narrator.

2. Which of the following characters dismisses country music as a valid art form?
(a) Gweneth.
(b) Mrs. Boswell.
(c) Gloria's husband.
(d) Gloria.

3. What does Billy do as the prison guard leads him away?
(a) Stares at William.
(b) Talks to his dead mother.
(c) Begs William to save him.
(d) Sings and laughs.

4. What is Harper's farm?
(a) The farm that Billy and his wife own.
(b) Where Billy hids from the law.
(c) A church group that rehabilitates criminals.
(d) Where black offenders go to be put on road gangs.

5. Who is the narrator of this story?
(a) Billy's cousin.
(b) Floyd.
(c) Chelseia.
(d) Billy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the note from the narrator's father say will happen if he has to dance?

2. What is the only thing Billy wants from William when he visits him at the farm?

3. What does the father of the girl Billy impregnates insist?

4. What is Billy Renfro accomplished at doing?

5. Why does the narrator's father refuse to write him another note?

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