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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 the white-trash woman propose doing to all black people?
(a) Hiring them as farm hands
(b) Treating them equally
(c) Sending them back to Africa
(d) Making them slaves again

2. In the story "The Enduring Chill," where does Asbury's friend Goetz take him to help him deal with death?
(a) To a Hindu lecture
(b) To visit a Catholic priest
(c) To a hospital
(d) To a Buddhist temple

3. In the story "Parker's Back," why does Parker begin getting tattoos?
(a) To distinguish himself
(b) To discover himself
(c) To express himself
(d) To attract women

4. In the story "A View of the Woods," what does Mary Fortune tell Fortune will happen if he leaves her in the car while he is in Tilman's?
(a) She will leave.
(b) She will never speak to him again.
(c) She will cry.
(d) She will be beaten by her father.

5. In the story "The Enduring Chill," why does Mrs. Fox suggest inviting Mr. Bush to the house?
(a) She believes he and Asbury could become friends.
(b) She sees him as an intellectual and thinks he and Asbury would enjoy talking.
(c) She wants to save Asbury's soul.
(d) She knows he and Asbury collect coins and thinks they would enjoy talking.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In the story "Parker's Back," what condition does Sarah Ruth set for telling Parker her name?

4. In the story "Greenleaf," why do the May boys begin fighting during dinner one night?

5. In the story "Judgment Day," what does Foley suspect Tanner and Coleman of doing?

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