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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the story "A View of the Woods," what color does Fortune think the woods turn one evening?
(a) Black
(b) Orange
(c) Red
(d) Green

2. In the story "Parker's Back," who does Parker believe his wife is jealous of?
(a) Other white people
(b) His female boss
(c) Their unborn child
(d) Himself

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

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

5. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," how does Rufus initially respond to Sheppard's interest in him?
(a) He is silent.
(b) He is eager to befriend Sheppard.
(c) He is resistant.
(d) He runs away.

6. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," what happens to Julian's mother after the black woman slaps her?
(a) She picks herself up and walks away with dignity.
(b) She has a stroke.
(c) She goes to the Y for her class.
(d) She returns home on the bus.

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

8. In the story "Greenleaf" why does Mrs. May freeze when she sees the bull coming across the pasture?
(a) She is shocked that Mr. Greenleaf is not behind it.
(b) She is frightened.
(c) She is waiting for it to charge her.
(d) She is in disbelief.

9. In the story "The Comforts of Home," what does Thomas do for a living?
(a) He is a history professor.
(b) He lives off of an inheritance from his father.
(c) He is a historian.
(d) He works for the sheriff's office.

10. In the story "The Enduring Chill," why does Asbury's sister travel to the train station with his mother?
(a) She wants to make sure that her mother gets to the train station safely.
(b) His mother does not like going out alone at night.
(c) His mother is afraid to see Asbury by herself.
(d) She wants to greet Asbury when he arrives.

11. In the story "Greenleaf," what bothers Mrs. May about Mrs. Greenleaf?
(a) Her discipline of her children
(b) Her housekeeping
(c) Her laziness
(d) Her religion

12. In the story "A View of the Woods," who does the Pitts family blame for Fortune wanting to sell the lot in front of their home?
(a) Tilman
(b) Mr. Pitts
(c) Fortune
(d) Mary Fortune

13. In the story "Greenleaf," how does Mrs. May characterize the Greenleaf boys when she discovers it is their bull on her farm?
(a) As cruel
(b) As irresponsible
(c) As ungrateful
(d) As lazy

14. In the story "A View of the Woods," what ultimately happens to Mary Fortune?
(a) Her grandfather kills her.
(b) Her father kills her.
(c) She runs away.
(d) She stops spending time with Fortune.

15. In the story "Revelation," where does Mrs. Turpin go when Claud takes the farm workers home?
(a) To feed the pigs
(b) Back to bed
(c) To gather hay
(d) To hose down the pigs

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," why does Norton often begin crying?

3. In the story "Revelation," what do the farm workers think happened to Mrs. Turpin's eye?

4. In the story "Revelation," what does Mrs. Turpin do as she is working in the pig parlor?

5. In the story "Parker's Back," where does Parker meet his wife?

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