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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tommy Gilmore want from Butler?

2. What was the most important question that the narrator wants to ask?

3. Who does Mrs. Boswell use as her foil when telling the boys how to find wives?

4. What does Billy say that he learned in the war?

5. Why does Mrs. Boswell tell Leon he cannot go out to dance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Billy tries to buy an orange soda at a general store in South Carolina?

2. What factors does Butler spend his afternoon thinking about in regards to his situation?

3. What is Butler's obsession that becomes his theme as he delivers his sermons?

4. What does Butler forbid in his shop and why does he forbid them?

5. What doesn't Mrs. Boswell abide and for what is she determined to prepare the boys?

6. Describe Gweneth Lawson as seen through the narrator's eyes.

7. What happens when the narrator of this story asks the woman sitting in the waiting room how she got the scar on her face?

8. What does Winfield say he was doing until he saw Mrs. Farragot run out of her house?

9. How does Gloria's husband feel about square dancing and why is it surprising he feels this way?

10. Describe Gloria in regards to her views on country music and the south. Be sure to include where she is from.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"The Faithful" - In this story, the main character views his community (the black community) as being divided by their family origins. Do you agree that family origins can divide a community? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

"Why I like Country Music" - What role does love play in this story? In what way are stereotypes developed through this story? What role does one's culture during their formative years play into understanding others?

Essay Topic 3

"A Sense of Story"- Why do you think Charles confessed at the beginning of the story? Do you believe the conflict between Charles and the victim ran deeper? Why or why not?

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