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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 "Revelation," what does Mrs. Turpin always notice about people?
(a) Their feet
(b) Their religions
(c) Their social classes
(d) The ways they are dressed

2. 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 the dairy working with the farm workers
(c) In bed sleeping
(d) In his room writing

3. In the story "Judgment Day," where is Tanner living when his daughter finds him?
(a) In the family home
(b) In the saw mill
(c) In a nursing home
(d) In a shack he and Coleman built

4. In the story "The Enduring Chill" who does Asbury say is his god?
(a) Literature
(b) Art
(c) Jesus
(d) the Holy Ghost

5. In the story "Revelation," what bothers Mrs. Turpin about the chair she has to sit in?
(a) She is forced to talk with the white-trash woman.
(b) The chair is next to a boy with a cold.
(c) The chair is not near Claud.
(d) She is overweight and it is difficult for her to fit into the chair.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "Greenleaf," what had the Greenleaf boys done to distinguish themselves?

2. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," why does Julian prefer the old family mansion?

3. In the story "Judgment Day," what does Tanner use to keep his workers at the saw mill in line?

4. In the story "Parker's Back," what must Parker say to get Sarah Ruth to let him back in the house?

5. In the story "Parker's Back," what does Parker decide to do after his mother takes him to a religious revival?

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