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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Pushes him down the stairs
(d) Slams him against a wall

2. In the story "Revelation," what bothers Mrs. Turpin about the chair she has to sit in?
(a) She is overweight and it is difficult for her to fit into the chair.
(b) She is forced to talk with the white-trash woman.
(c) The chair is not near Claud.
(d) The chair is next to a boy with a cold.

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

4. In the story "Revelation," why is Claud visiting the doctor?
(a) For a leg injury
(b) For an eye injury
(c) For a stomach ulcer
(d) For a cold

5. In the story "Revelation," how does Mrs. Turpin characterize the teenage girl in the waiting room?
(a) As ugly
(b) As haughty
(c) As pitiful
(d) As beautiful

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "Parker's Back," why does Sarah Ruth throw Parker out of the house?

2. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," why does Julian prefer the old family mansion?

3. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," what is the name of the young boy who sits next to Julian's mother?

4. In the story "The Comforts of Home," why does Thomas threaten to leave his mother's home?

5. In the story "Judgment Day," where does Tanner think the black man living in his daughter's building originates from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the white-trash woman in the story "Revelation."

2. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," why is Julian so disgusted with his mother?

3. Describe the black woman who sits next to Julian on the bus in the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge."

4. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," why does Rufus eat a page of the Bible?

5. In the story "Judgment Day," what do the two notes that Tanner writes instruct their readers to do?

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

7. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," what does Norton do when looking through the telescope alone at night?

8. In the story "Greenleaf," why does Mrs. May say that O.T. & E.T. should have been her sons?

9. In the story "The Comforts of Home," what does Thomas' mother do to help Star?

10. Describe O.T. & E.T. Greenleaf from "Greenleaf."

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