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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 "A View of the Woods," why does Fortune think Mary Fortune allows her father to beat her?
(a) She is a weak child.
(b) She wants to anger her grandfather.
(c) She is afraid of her father.
(d) She respects her father.

2. In the story "Judgment Day," what does Tanner use to keep his workers at the saw mill in line?
(a) A knife
(b) Verbal threats
(c) The police
(d) A whip

3. In the story "A View of the Woods," what does Pitts say to Mary Fortune before he whips her?
(a) I'm going to whip you.
(b) Nobody beat me.
(c) Come with me.
(d) You're in big trouble.

4. In the story "The Enduring Chill," where does Asbury hope to be buried when he dies?
(a) Near James Joyce's grave
(b) In New York City
(c) In the family graveyard
(d) Near the milking room

5. In the story "Judgment Day," what does Tanner recite as he attempts to leave his daughter's apartment for good?
(a) It's Judgement Day!
(b) The contents of the letter pinned in his pocket
(c) Hail Marys
(d) The Lord's Prayer

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "Revelation," what bothers Mrs. Turpin about the chair she has to sit in?

2. In the story "The Comforts of Home," what does Thomas see as the "principle of order and the only thing that makes life bearable"?

3. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," what does Julian's mother do to punctuate her statement that it is hot?

4. In the story "Revelation," why is Claud visiting the doctor?

5. In the story "The Comforts of Home," why is Star jailed?

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