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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 "Revelation," what does Mrs. Turpin say is the goal of all black people?
(a) To improve their color by marrying white people
(b) To avoid working hard
(c) To make money
(d) To make white people's lives miserable

2. In the story "Judgment Day," what does Foley predict will happen in the future?
(a) Tanner will be arrested for squatting on his land.
(b) Black people will work for white people.
(c) Black people will take over the government.
(d) White people will work for black people.

3. In the story "The Enduring Chill" who does Asbury say is his god?
(a) Art
(b) the Holy Ghost
(c) Jesus
(d) Literature

4. In the story "The Comforts of Home," what does Thomas see as the "principle of order and the only thing that makes life bearable"?
(a) intelligence
(b) family
(c) chastity
(d) virtue

5. In the story "A View of the Woods," why does Fortune think Mary Fortune allows her father to beat her?
(a) She respects her father.
(b) She is a weak child.
(c) She is afraid of her father.
(d) She wants to anger her grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "The Comforts of Home," how does Star's lawyer characterize her?

2. 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?

3. In the story "A View of the Woods," what does Mary Fortune tell her grandfather would happen to anyone who beat her?

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

5. In the story "Parker's Back," why does Parker say "long views" depress him?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," how does Norton react when Rufus tells him about hell? Why?

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

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

4. In the story "Revelation," why does Mrs. Turpin continue to repeat the phrase "there's a heap of things worse than a nigger"?

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

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

7. In the story "Revelation," what is the significance of Mrs. Turpin's vision at the end of the story?

8. In the story "Judgment Day," what does Tanner say will happen on judgment day?

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

10. In the story "The Comforts of Home," what does Thomas' mother do to help Star?

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