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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 Lame Shall Enter First," what does Sheppard do at the reformatory?
(a) He coaches a little league baseball team.
(b) He teaches the students.
(c) He is a counselor.
(d) He is the recreational director.

2. In the story "Judgment Day," how does Tanner plan on traveling down South?
(a) On a passenger train
(b) By walking
(c) On a freight train
(d) In a taxi

3. In the story "Revelation," what do the farm workers think happened to Mrs. Turpin's eye?
(a) They believe she was in a car accident.
(b) They believe Mr. Turpin hit her.
(c) They believe she was hit in the face by a book.
(d) They believe she fell down and hurt herself.

4. In the story "Revelation," who is at the lowest rung of social class in Mrs. Turpin's opinion?
(a) Whites who do own land
(b) Black people who do not own their own homes
(c) White unemployed people
(d) All black people

5. In the story "Parker's Back," what draws Parker to the design he plans on having tattooed on his back?
(a) The religious symbolism
(b) Jesus' eyes
(c) The crown of thorns
(d) The burning bush

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," why does Sheppard give Rufus a key to his home?

3. In the story "The Comforts of Home," what hobby does Thomas' mother suggest that Star take up?

4. In the story "A View of the Woods," what does Pitts say to Mary Fortune before he whips her?

5. In the story "Judgment Day," why does Tanner think the black man in his building does not respond to him when he first speaks to him?

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