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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 "Everything That Rises Must Converge," what is the name of the young boy who sits next to Julian's mother?
(a) Carver
(b) Washington
(c) John
(d) Julian

2. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," what does Sheppard believe Norton will become when he grows up?
(a) An astronaut
(b) A banker
(c) A scientist
(d) A criminal

3. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," where does Julian say that "true culture" lies?
(a) In the city
(b) In literature
(c) In the heart
(d) In the mind

4. In the story "A View of the Woods," what does Fortune do to teach Mary Fortune a lesson?
(a) Beats her with his belt
(b) Sells the land in front of the Pitts home
(c) Has her father arrested for assault
(d) Beats her head against a rock

5. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," what does Julian do when they get on the bus that embarrasses his mother?
(a) He takes off his hat.
(b) He sits next to a black man.
(c) He loosens and takes off his tie.
(d) He refuses to sit next to his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "The Comforts of Home," what does Thomas do for a living?

2. In the story "Revelation," what does Mrs. Turpin notice about the old woman sitting next to the child?

3. In the story "Judgment Day," why does Tanner think the black man in his building does not respond to him when he first speaks to him?

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

5. In the story "The Comforts of Home," why does Thomas' mother say she cannot send Star back to jail?

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