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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 Enduring Chill," how does Asbury choose to spend his days on the family farm?
(a) At his sister's school
(b) In his room writing
(c) In the dairy working with the farm workers
(d) In bed sleeping

2. In the story "Greenleaf," what had the Greenleaf boys done to distinguish themselves?
(a) Supported their mother's faith healing
(b) Gone into farming
(c) Gone into the army
(d) Helped their father get a job

3. In the story "The Comforts of Home," how does Star's lawyer characterize her?
(a) As having a psychopathic personality
(b) As being a career criminal
(c) As being a helpless victim of circumstance
(d) As needing to go into a mental institution

4. In the story "Judgment Day," what does the black actor do the first time Tanner insults him?
(a) Slams him against a wall
(b) Pushes him down the stairs
(c) Talks to his daughter about Tanner's behavior
(d) Beats him

5. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," what does Julian's mother do to punctuate her statement that it is hot?
(a) Repeat her statement loudly
(b) Takes out a Japanese fan
(c) Begins fanning herself with a newspaper
(d) Take off her hat

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "A View of the Woods," which of the following is not an aspect of Tilman's business?

2. In the story "Revelation," what does Mrs. Turpin do as she is working in the pig parlor?

3. In the story "A View of the Woods," why does Mary Fortune tell her grandfather to remove his glasses?

4. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," what is Rufus Johnson's IQ?

5. In the story "Judgment Day," where does Tanner's daughter find him when she returns home from the grocery store?

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