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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 Lame Shall Enter First," why does Rufus not want the shoe Sheppard has made for him?
(a) He believes it will hinder his ability to commit crimes.
(b) He thinks it shows he favors Rufus over Norton.
(c) He says he has ways of getting the shoe if he wants it.
(d) It does not fit him properly.

2. In the story "Parker's Back," why does Parker say "long views" depress him?
(a) They encourage people to take long walks.
(b) They make him feel as if someone is after him.
(c) They remind him of what he does not have.
(d) They make him think of the future.

3. In the story "Judgment Day," why does Tanner decide to go back down South?
(a) He misses Coleman.
(b) He wants to go work for Foley.
(c) He does not like living next door to the black actor.
(d) He overhears his daughter say she plans on burying him in New York City.

4. In the story "The Enduring Chill," how do Randall and Morgan react when they see Asbury?
(a) They tell him he looks healthy.
(b) They are pleased to see their old friend.
(c) They tell him he looks like he is going to die.
(d) They are shocked by how sickly he looks.

5. 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 leave.
(b) She will cry.
(c) She will never speak to him again.
(d) She will be beaten by her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," which of the following is not an aspect of her family's past that impresses Julian's mother?

2. In the story "Parker's Back," why are Sarah Ruth and Parker married in a courthouse?

3. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," what does Rufus read to Norton?

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

5. In the story "Parker's Back," which of the following is not something that bothers Parker about his wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the story "Judgement Day," how does Tanner die?

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

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

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

5. Describe Mary Fortune's appearance in the story "A View of the Woods."

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

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

8. In the story "Judgment Day," what does Foley propose Tanner and Coleman do in exchange for room and board? How does Tanner react?

9. In the story "The Enduring Chill," how does the author characterize the relationship between Mary George and Asbury?

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

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