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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 "Everything That Rises Must Converge," how does Julian's mother characterize all children?
(a) They are all cute to her.
(b) White children are more precious to her than black children.
(c) They are the future of America.
(d) They are all equal to her.

2. In the story "Revelation," what does Mrs. Turpin say distinguishes her farm's pigs from others?
(a) They only raise a few of them a year.
(b) They are clean.
(c) They have their own barn.
(d) They have more meat on them.

3. In the story "Greenleaf," why did Mrs. May move to the farm?
(a) It was the only property she could afford to buy when her husband died.
(b) She and her husband wanted to start a dairy farm.
(c) She wanted to raise her two sons in the country rather than in the city.
(d) It was the only property her husband left her when he died.

4. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," what does Sheppard do at the reformatory?
(a) He is a counselor.
(b) He is the recreational director.
(c) He teaches the students.
(d) He coaches a little league baseball team.

5. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," how much did Julian's mother pay for her new hat?
(a) $7.50
(b) $7.25
(c) $6.50
(d) $7.00

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "Greenleaf," how does Mrs. May characterize the Greenleaf boys when she discovers it is their bull on her farm?

2. In the story "The Comforts of Home," why does Thomas put the gun in Star's purse?

3. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," how does Julian characterize his trips with his mother to the Y?

4. In the story "The Comforts of Home," what is Star's real name?

5. In the story "Greenleaf," what creature is plaguing Mrs. May's hedges?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In the story "The Enduring Chill," why does Father Finn say Asbury is ignorant?

4. In the story "A View of the Woods," how does Mary Fortune react when her father beats her?

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

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

7. In the story "The Comforts of Home," what bothers Thomas about Star?

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

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

10. In the story "Greenleaf," how does Mrs. May discover Mrs. Greenleaf's faith healing practice?

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