View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," where did Sheppard meet Rufus Johnson?
(a) On the street
(b) In prison
(c) At a city park
(d) At a reformatory

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 Rufus to think he does not trust him.
(b) He does not want to know what Rufus did instead of going to the movies.
(c) He favors Rufus over Norton.
(d) He is angry at Norton.

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

4. In the story "Parker's Back," where does Parker meet his wife?
(a) At church
(b) At his boss' farm
(c) At a bar
(d) On the roadside where his car broke down

5. In the story "Judgment Day," what does Foley suspect Tanner and Coleman of doing?
(a) Running a bar
(b) Brewing bootlegged liquor
(c) Stealing his land
(d) Stealing his firewood

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "Judgment Day," where is Tanner living when his daughter finds him?

2. In the story "Judgment Day," once Tanner is in NYC what does he wish he had done?

3. In the story "Revelation," where does Mrs. Turpin go when Claud takes the farm workers home?

4. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," why does Sheppard give Rufus a key to his home?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In the story "Parker's Back," what inspires Parker to get his first tattoo?

2. In the story "A View of the Woods," what does Fortune notice about the woods in front of the Pitts' home on the night before he sells the lot?

3. In the story "Greenleaf," how do the Greenleafs come to live on the May farm?

4. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," what draws Sheppard to Rufus Johnson?

5. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," how does Norton react when Rufus tells him about hell? Why?

6. Describe what happens to Julian's mother when she offers a penny to the black child in the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge."

7. In the story "The Enduring Chill," how does Dr. Block respond when Asbury tells him he cannot understand his illness?

8. Describe the tractor accident in the story "Parker's Back."

9. Describe the character of Pitts in the story "A View of the Woods."

10. In the story "Revelation," why does Mrs. Turpin continue to repeat the phrase "there's a heap of things worse than a nigger"?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 995 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample