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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the story "Greenleaf," what had the Greenleaf boys done to distinguish themselves?
(a) Helped their father get a job
(b) Supported their mother's faith healing
(c) Gone into the army
(d) Gone into farming

2. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," why does Sheppard not go into Norton's room after talking with Rufus about whether or not he was at the movies with his son?
(a) He does not want to know what Rufus did instead of going to the movies.
(b) He is angry at Norton.
(c) He favors Rufus over Norton.
(d) He does not want Rufus to think he does not trust him.

3. In the story "Parker's Back," why does Parker say "long views" depress him?
(a) They make him feel as if someone is after him.
(b) They encourage people to take long walks.
(c) They make him think of the future.
(d) They remind him of what he does not have.

4. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," what does Sheppard do at the reformatory?
(a) He coaches a little league baseball team.
(b) He is a counselor.
(c) He is the recreational director.
(d) He teaches the students.

5. In the story "The Enduring Chill," what does Mrs. Fox suggest that Asbury write a novel about?
(a) The farm
(b) Timberboro
(c) The war
(d) Negroes

6. In the story "Revelation," what does Mrs. Turpin say distinguishes her farm's pigs from others?
(a) They have their own barn.
(b) They have more meat on them.
(c) They are clean.
(d) They only raise a few of them a year.

7. In the story "Judgment Day," how does Tanner plan on traveling down South?
(a) In a taxi
(b) By walking
(c) On a passenger train
(d) On a freight train

8. In the story "The Comforts of Home," why is Star jailed?
(a) Robbery
(b) Prostitution
(c) Stealing someone's identity
(d) For passing a bad check

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

10. In the story "Judgment Day," what does the black actor do the first time Tanner insults him?
(a) Talks to his daughter about Tanner's behavior
(b) Beats him
(c) Slams him against a wall
(d) Pushes him down the stairs

11. In the story "The Comforts of Home," how does Star gain entrance into Thomas' home the second time?
(a) She is arrested and his mother bails her out of jail.
(b) She is thrown out of a boarding house for being drunk.
(c) She rents a room from his mother.
(d) She is placed there by social services.

12. In the story "Revelation," what does Mrs. Turpin say is "the worst thing in the world"?
(a) An ungrateful person
(b) A black person
(c) A white-trash person
(d) A person with a bad disposition

13. In the story "The Enduring Chill," where does Asbury hope to be buried when he dies?
(a) Near the milking room
(b) In New York City
(c) Near James Joyce's grave
(d) In the family graveyard

14. In the story "Parker's Back," what is Sarah Ruth constantly trying to do?
(a) Convince Parker to stop being tattooed
(b) Convert Parker to Christianity
(c) Get pregnant
(d) Convince Parker to move in with her mother

15. In the story "Judgment Day," why does Tanner decide to go back down South?
(a) He does not like living next door to the black actor.
(b) He wants to go work for Foley.
(c) He overhears his daughter say she plans on burying him in New York City.
(d) He misses Coleman.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," which of the following is not an action Julian considers to teach his mother a lesson?

2. In the story "Judgment Day," why does Tanner not write his true feelings about NYC in his postcard to Coleman and Hooten ?

3. In the story "The Enduring Chill," what does Asbury leave for his mother to open when he dies?

4. In the story "A View of the Woods," what color does Fortune think the woods turn one evening?

5. In the story "The Comforts of Home," why does Thomas put the gun in Star's purse?

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