View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the story "Greenleaf," how does Mrs. May plan on trapping the bull?
(a) She will drive her car into the bull.
(b) She wants Mr. Greenleaf to run him into a pasture and she will close the gate behind him.
(c) She wants Mr. Greenleaf to rope him.
(d) She wants to run him into the pasture and Mr. Greenleaf will close the gate behind it.

2. In the story "Revelation," what does the white-trash woman propose doing to all black people?
(a) Making them slaves again
(b) Hiring them as farm hands
(c) Sending them back to Africa
(d) Treating them equally

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

4. In the story "Revelation," what does the teenage girl do as Mrs. Turpin is thanking Jesus for her husband?
(a) Scowl at her
(b) Throw a book at her
(c) Begin screaming
(d) Make a low growling sound

5. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," what does Rufus do when he first comes into Norton's home that makes him angry?
(a) Speaks disrespectfully to Leola
(b) Lays down in Norton's bed
(c) Orders Norton to make him a sandwich
(d) Goes into Norton's mother's room

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the story "Parker's Back," why does Parker say "long views" depress him?

3. In the story "Revelation," who is at the lowest rung of social class in Mrs. Turpin's opinion?

4. In the story "The Enduring Chill," why does Asbury's sister travel to the train station with his mother?

5. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," why does Norton spend so much time looking through the telescope?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 458 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample