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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 "A View of the Woods," what does Mary Fortune tell Fortune will happen if he leaves her in the car while he is in Tilman's?
(a) She will never speak to him again.
(b) She will cry.
(c) She will be beaten by her father.
(d) She will leave.

2. In the story "The Comforts of Home," what hobby does Thomas' mother suggest that Star take up?
(a) Music
(b) Reading
(c) Studying history
(d) Knitting

3. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," how long has Julian been out of college?
(a) One month
(b) Ten years
(c) One year
(d) He is still in college.

4. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," what does Rufus do when he first comes into Norton's home that makes him angry?
(a) Orders Norton to make him a sandwich
(b) Lays down in Norton's bed
(c) Speaks disrespectfully to Leola
(d) Goes into Norton's mother's room

5. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," what is Julian's career goal?
(a) Writing
(b) Drawing
(c) Selling typewriters
(d) Selling automobile tires

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the story "Revelation," what does the white-trash woman propose doing to all black people?

3. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," why does it bother Julian's mother that the large black woman sits next to him?

4. In the story "Revelation," how does the doctor subdue the teenage girl?

5. In the story "A View of the Woods," why does Fortune say he would never hit Mary Fortune?

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