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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 "Judgment Day," who owns the land that Tanner and Coleman live on?
(a) Coleman
(b) Tanner
(c) His daughter
(d) Foley

3. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," what impresses Julian's mother about the neighborhood she lives in?
(a) It has not been racially integrated.
(b) It was fashionable forty years ago.
(c) Only white people live in this area.
(d) It is in an affluent area.

4. In the story "The Comforts of Home," how does Star's lawyer characterize her?
(a) As being a helpless victim of circumstance
(b) As being a career criminal
(c) As having a psychopathic personality
(d) As needing to go into a mental institution

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the story "Parker's Back," what is Sarah Ruth constantly trying to do?

3. In the story "Greenleaf," what relationship does the "colored man" on the Greenleaf boys' farm have with the Mays?

4. In the story "Judgment Day," what does Tanner make for Coleman when he first talks to him?

5. In the story "Greenleaf," why does Mrs. May go to the Greenleaf boys' farm?

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