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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 "A View of the Woods," what does Mary Fortune tell Fortune will happen if he leaves her in the car while he is in Tilman's?
(a) She will cry.
(b) She will be beaten by her father.
(c) She will never speak to him again.
(d) She will leave.

2. In the story "Parker's Back," what condition does Sarah Ruth set for telling Parker her name?
(a) She tells him he must tell her what his first two initials stand for.
(b) She tells him he must bring peaches to her house.
(c) She tells him he must believe in Jesus.
(d) She tells him he must not get any more tattoos.

3. In the story "The Enduring Chill," why does Mrs. Fox suggest inviting Mr. Bush to the house?
(a) She knows he and Asbury collect coins and thinks they would enjoy talking.
(b) She believes he and Asbury could become friends.
(c) She sees him as an intellectual and thinks he and Asbury would enjoy talking.
(d) She wants to save Asbury's soul.

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

5. In the story "Greenleaf," how does Mrs. May plan on trapping the bull?
(a) She will drive her car into the bull.
(b) She wants Mr. Greenleaf to rope him.
(c) She wants to run him into the pasture and Mr. Greenleaf will close the gate behind it.
(d) She wants Mr. Greenleaf to run him into a pasture and she will close the gate behind him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "The Enduring Chill," why does Asbury not want to see Dr. Block?

2. In the story "Revelation," what does the white-trash woman propose doing to all black people?

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

4. In the story "Judgment Day," where does Tanner's daughter find him when she returns home from the grocery store?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Julian's mother's hat in the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge."

2. In the story "Judgment Day," what is the only time that Tanner has "feelings of warmth" for his daughter?

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

4. In the story "Judgment Day," what is the joke Tanner plans on playing on Coleman and Hooten?

5. Describe Mrs. Greenleaf's process for faith-healing in the story "Greenleaf."

6. What does the narrator say is the "irony" of the way Julian has turned out in the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge"?

7. In the story "The Enduring Chill." what attracts Asbury to the Roman Catholic church?

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

9. 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?

10. In the story "Parker's Back," why doesn't Sarah Ruth want Parker to have the Bible tattooed on his back?

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