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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," who does the Pitts family blame for Fortune wanting to sell the lot in front of their home?
(a) Mr. Pitts
(b) Fortune
(c) Tilman
(d) Mary Fortune

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

3. In the story "Greenleaf," what does Scofield do for a living?
(a) He is a farmer.
(b) He is a college professor.
(c) He is an insurance salesman specializing in insurance for white people.
(d) He is an insurance salesman specializing in insurance for black people.

4. In the story "Revelation," what does Mrs. Turpin always notice about people?
(a) Their feet
(b) The ways they are dressed
(c) Their social classes
(d) Their religions

5. In the story "The Enduring Chill," how does Asbury choose to spend his days on the family farm?
(a) In his room writing
(b) In bed sleeping
(c) In the dairy working with the farm workers
(d) At his sister's school

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "Parker's Back," what does Parker propose to try and encourage Sarah Ruth to look at his tattoos?

2. In the story "A View of the Woods," what does Mary Fortune tell her grandfather when he confronts her about Pitts' beatings?

3. In the story "Judgment Day," what does Tanner pin to his pocket before he leaves his daughter's apartment?

4. In the story "The Enduring Chill" who does Asbury say is his god?

5. In the story "A View of the Woods," how old is Mary Fortune?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the story "A View of the Woods," what angers Mary Fortune about her grandfather's plan to sell a lot of his land?

2. In the story "Parker's Back," what does Parker do between the two tattooing sessions necessary to complete his tattoo of Jesus?

3. Describe Asbury's appearance In the story "The Enduring Chill."

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

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

6. In the story "The Comforts of Home," why is Thomas mournful that his father has died but "had not been able to endure him in life"?

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

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

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

10. Why is Julian left feeling "guilt and sorrow" at the end of the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge"?

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