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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," where does Asbury do research for the play he is writing?
(a) New York City
(b) The Catholic church
(c) The family's dairy
(d) A predominantly black neighborhood

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

3. In the story "A View of the Woods," what does Mary Fortune tell her grandfather when he confronts her about Pitts' beatings?
(a) She loves her father.
(b) Nobody beat her.
(c) Pitts has the right to beat her.
(d) She must respect her father.

4. In the story "A View of the Woods," how old is Mary Fortune?
(a) 9
(b) 5
(c) 10
(d) 16

5. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," why does it bother Julian's mother that the large black woman sits next to him?
(a) She is afraid Julian will talk to the woman.
(b) She does not want to have to interact with the woman's son.
(c) It seems as if she and the woman are swapping sons.
(d) It seems as if Julian likes the woman better than her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," how does Rufus initially respond to Sheppard's interest in him?

2. In the story "Judgment Day," what does Tanner pin to his pocket before he leaves his daughter's apartment?

3. In the story "Judgment Day," how does Tanner plan on traveling down South?

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

5. In the story "A View of the Woods," what does Pitts say to Mary Fortune before he whips her?

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