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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "Revelation," where does Mary Grace attend college?

2. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," what does Julian's mother insist on doing when she exits the bus that Julian wishes she would not?

3. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," what does Sheppard do at the reformatory?

4. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," where did Sheppard meet Rufus Johnson?

5. In the story "The Comforts of Home," why is Star jailed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the significance of Julian's mother's hat in the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge"?

3. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," what draws Sheppard to Rufus Johnson?

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

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

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

7. In the story "A View of the Woods," what does Fortune notice about the woods in front of the Pitts' home on the night before he sells the lot?

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

9. In the story "Revelation," what does Mrs. Turpin say is the problem with farming cotton?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the recurrent topics in the collection of short stories "Everything That Rises Must Converge" is family. Select three of the stories dealing with this topic and:

1) explain what the story says about family;

2) demonstrate how the concept of family is developed in the story.

Then explain what you think Flannery O'Connor's overall commentary on family is in the novel as a whole. Be sure to use specific examples from the stories to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Imagine that two of the characters from different stories were to meet. Write an essay describing what their meeting would be like focusing on how they would interact, what they might do together and what sort of relationship they might develop.

Be sure to use specific examples from the stories to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Look at the ordering of the stories in the collection and write an essay:

1) describing the progression of stories in the collection;

2) explaining why you think the author chose to order the stories in this way.

Be sure to use specific examples from the stories to support your ideas.

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