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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 Enduring Chill," what does Asbury try to converse with Father Finn about?
(a) literature
(b) art
(c) death
(d) spirituality

2. In the story "Parker's Back," what does Parker propose to try and encourage Sarah Ruth to look at his tattoos?
(a) Getting a tattoo of Jesus on his back
(b) Getting a tattoo of the Bible on his back
(c) Getting a tattoo of her on his back
(d) Seeing the religious symbolism in his tattoos

3. In the story "Parker's Back," what condition does Sarah Ruth set for telling Parker her name?
(a) She tells him he must tell her what his first two initials stand for.
(b) She tells him he must believe in Jesus.
(c) She tells him he must not get any more tattoos.
(d) She tells him he must bring peaches to her house.

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

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 knows he and Asbury collect coins and thinks they would enjoy talking.
(c) She sees him as an intellectual and thinks he and Asbury would enjoy talking.
(d) She wants to save Asbury's soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "A View of the Woods," what does Mary Fortune tell her grandfather would happen to anyone who beat her?

2. 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?

3. In the story "The Comforts of Home," what does Thomas ask the sheriff to do?

4. In the story "Judgment Day," who owns the land that Tanner and Coleman live on?

5. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," what does Julian's mother insist on doing when she exits the bus that Julian wishes she would not?

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