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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the story "The Comforts of Home," where does Thomas finally find the sheriff?
(a) At the courthouse
(b) At the barber shop
(c) On the sidewalk outside of the barber shop
(d) In his police car

2. In the story "Revelation," what does the teenage girl do as Mrs. Turpin is thanking Jesus for her husband?
(a) Make a low growling sound
(b) Throw a book at her
(c) Scowl at her
(d) Begin screaming

3. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," why does Norton often begin crying?
(a) Rufus hits him.
(b) He does not want Rufus to live in the family's home.
(c) He misses his deceased mother.
(d) He is jealous of Sheppard's attention towards Rufus.

4. In the story "Judgment Day," what does Tanner use to keep his workers at the saw mill in line?
(a) The police
(b) A whip
(c) A knife
(d) Verbal threats

5. In the story "The Enduring Chill," how does Asbury choose to spend his days on the family farm?
(a) At his sister's school
(b) In the dairy working with the farm workers
(c) In bed sleeping
(d) In his room writing

6. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," why does Sheppard think Rufus refused the shoe he had made for him?
(a) Anger
(b) Insecurity
(c) Out of spite
(d) Jealousy

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

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

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

10. In the story "Greenleaf," why does Mrs. May go to the Greenleaf boys' farm?
(a) To notify them that she is firing their father
(b) To pay them a friendly visit
(c) To tell them to come get their bull from her farm
(d) To tell them she has shot their bull

11. In the story "Parker's Back," why does Parker's future wife hit him the first time they meet?
(a) He comes on to her in an inappropriate way.
(b) He curses when he hurts his hand.
(c) He says something filthy to her.
(d) He tries attacking her.

12. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," what does Rufus teach Norton about that angers Sheppard?
(a) Sex
(b) Robbery
(c) Suicide
(d) Christianity

13. In the story "The Enduring Chill," where does Asbury's friend Goetz take him to help him deal with death?
(a) To a hospital
(b) To a Hindu lecture
(c) To a Buddhist temple
(d) To visit a Catholic priest

14. In the story "Greenleaf," what does Mrs. May tell Mr. Greenleaf he will be doing because he did not return the bull to his sons' farm?
(a) He will have to take it back to their farm before he does any other work.
(b) He will be looking for another job because she is firing him.
(c) He will have to shoot it.
(d) He will be docked wages to pay for repairs on her farm.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the story "The Comforts of Home," why is Star jailed?

3. In the story "Greenleaf," what concerns Mrs. May about her sons getting married?

4. In the story "Revelation," why is Claud visiting the doctor?

5. In the story "Greenleaf," why did Mrs. May move to the farm?

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