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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 colors does Gweneth wear?

2. What is it rumored that Billy lost fighting a redneck near Limehouse, SC?

3. What does Dewey wear to show people he is fearless?

4. What is Harper's farm?

5. Why does R.V. say they should join forces?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator say that the best men do and do not?

2. Why is Tarwell considering hiring Butler and how does Butler feel about this?

3. What does R.V. says in the only concern for Willis and R.V.?

4. When the man with the massive tiara of black hair looks into Butler's shop, what does Butler offer him and how does the man respond?

5. What information about Mrs. Farragot's history does Milford have?

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

7. How does Willis confront Jones and what does Willis say to him?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"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 2

"A Sense of Story" - In this story the judge demands that the rules of society apply to people of all races equally. Why was this a new concept? Do you think a judge would need to demand this today? Do you believe there is still racial inequality in the judicial system? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

"The Story of a Dead Man" - In what way are the two main characters in this story alike? In what ways are they different? Why do you think one would become an accomplished liar? What would make a person become an accomplished liar?

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