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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Farragot concerned about when she whispers to Milford?
(a) Lie detectors and being railroaded.
(b) The female judge.
(c) The fact that the white officer is testifying.
(d) The fact that she is not allowed to speak yet.

2. Which of the following doesn't Tommy's father threaten to do to Butler?
(a) Give him his own haircut.
(b) Shut down Butler's church.
(c) Run all the "Toms" out of town.
(d) Shut down the Butler's barbershop.

3. To what does the woman compare the scar?
(a) A reminder.
(b) A disfigurement.
(c) A badge of honor.
(d) A wedding ring.

4. What does Bertha yell that Willis and R.V. need?
(a) A good whipping.
(b) Women who will treat them right.
(c) To move to a new business.
(d) To go to church.

5. What does Tommy's father say his son's new haircut is like?
(a) Uneven and ugly.
(b) New age.
(c) Plantation Negro.
(d) One from the 1800s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following two professions does John Butler practice?

2. Which of the following characters dismisses country music as a valid art form?

3. What does Butler believe shaping the hair of boys does for them?

4. What happens to Teddy when he fights for the knife after the woman is stabbed?

5. What does Butler forbid in his barber shop?

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