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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 Comforts of Home," why is Star jailed?
(a) For passing a bad check
(b) Stealing someone's identity
(c) Prostitution
(d) Robbery

2. In the story "Judgment Day," what does Tanner do to keep his hands from shaking?
(a) Hold his hands behind his back
(b) Walk around
(c) Keep his fingers in his pockets
(d) Whittle figures out of wood

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

4. In the story "Greenleaf," why does Mrs. May go to the Greenleaf boys' farm?
(a) To tell them she has shot their bull
(b) To notify them that she is firing their father
(c) To tell them to come get their bull from her farm
(d) To pay them a friendly visit

5. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," why does Sheppard invite Rufus to live with he and Norton?
(a) To provide Rufus with a safe home
(b) To have another person to help with the household chores
(c) To teach Norton how to share
(d) To provide Norton with a live-in playmate

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "Judgment Day," where does Tanner think he is as he falls down the stairs?

2. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," why do the police first bring Rufus to Sheppard's home?

3. In the story "Parker's Back," why does Parker begin getting tattoos?

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

5. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," what impresses Julian's mother about the neighborhood she lives in?

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