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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," what impresses Julian's mother about the neighborhood she lives in?
(a) It is in an affluent area.
(b) It has not been racially integrated.
(c) It was fashionable forty years ago.
(d) Only white people live in this area.

2. In the story "Parker's Back," which of the following is not something that bothers Parker about his wife?
(a) She is snapping beans.
(b) She is his wife.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She is plain.

3. In the story "The Enduring Chill," where does Asbury do research for the play he is writing?
(a) New York City
(b) The Catholic church
(c) The family's dairy
(d) A predominantly black neighborhood

4. In the story "Judgment Day," why does Tanner decide to go back down South?
(a) He wants to go work for Foley.
(b) He misses Coleman.
(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.

5. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," what gives Julian's mother pleasure about his "success"?
(a) She has struggled to ensure he would have a good upbringing.
(b) She had the money to provide for him.
(c) He has returned home to her.
(d) He was able to attend a good college.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "The Enduring Chill," what does Asbury convince the farm workers to do that contaminates the milk?

2. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," what does Julian do when they get on the bus that embarrasses his mother?

3. In the story "Judgment Day," what does Foley suspect Tanner and Coleman of doing?

4. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," why does Sheppard invite Rufus to live with he and Norton?

5. In the story "Judgment Day," what does Tanner pretend to do when his daughter is leaving for the store?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In the story "Revelation," what happens to the teenage girl after she attacks Mrs. Turpin?

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

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

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

6. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," how is Rufus' view of the night sky different than Sheppard's?

7. In the story "Revelation," what bothers Mrs. Turpin about the teenage girl?

8. 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"?

9. At the end of the story "The Comforts of Home," what does the sheriff surmise actually happened to Thomas' mother?

10. Describe what happens to Julian's mother when she offers a penny to the black child in the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge."

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