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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 say distinguishes her farm's pigs from others?
(a) They have their own barn.
(b) They only raise a few of them a year.
(c) They are clean.
(d) They have more meat on them.

2. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," why does the black woman become angry with her son?
(a) She believes he likes Julian's mother better than him.
(b) He is talking to a white woman.
(c) She believes he is misbehaving on the bus.
(d) He refuses to sit with her.

3. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," what does Sheppard believe is the worst fault a person can have?
(a) viciousness
(b) greed
(c) pride
(d) selfishness

4. In the story "The Comforts of Home," why does Thomas put the gun in Star's purse?
(a) So she can use it for protection
(b) So the police will find it and arrest her
(c) To frame her for his mother's murder
(d) To encourage her to use it to kill his mother

5. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," where did Sheppard meet Rufus Johnson?
(a) At a city park
(b) In prison
(c) On the street
(d) At a reformatory

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "The Enduring Chill," why does Asbury's sister travel to the train station with his mother?

2. In the story "Revelation," where does Mary Grace attend college?

3. In the story "Judgment Day," where does Tanner think the black man living in his daughter's building originates from?

4. In the story "The Comforts of Home," who kills Thomas' mother?

5. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," which of the following is not an aspect of her family's past that impresses Julian's mother?

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