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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the story "The Comforts of Home," how does Star gain entrance into Thomas' home the second time?
(a) She is arrested and his mother bails her out of jail.
(b) She is thrown out of a boarding house for being drunk.
(c) She rents a room from his mother.
(d) She is placed there by social services.

2. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," why does the black woman become angry with her son?
(a) He is talking to a white woman.
(b) He refuses to sit with her.
(c) She believes he is misbehaving on the bus.
(d) She believes he likes Julian's mother better than him.

3. In the story "Parker's Back," how does Parker's wife characterize his tattoos?
(a) As vulgarity
(b) As art
(c) As expressions of his emotions
(d) As vanities

4. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," what does Julian say to the black man sitting next to him to try and upset his mother?
(a) He asks the man to share his newspaper.
(b) He asks the man if he has a light.
(c) He asks the man about his beliefs on integration.
(d) He begins a political discussion with the man.

5. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," where did Sheppard meet Rufus Johnson?
(a) In prison
(b) On the street
(c) At a city park
(d) At a reformatory

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "The Enduring Chill," what does Mrs. Fox believe is wrong with Asbury?

2. In the story "A View of the Woods," who gets Mary Fortune from Tilman's store parking lot?

3. In the story "Greenleaf," what relationship does the "colored man" on the Greenleaf boys' farm have with the Mays?

4. In the story "The Comforts of Home," what does Star wear when she enters Thomas' room late one night?

5. In the story "The Comforts of Home," how does Star's lawyer characterize her?

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