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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. What is the one article of clothing Idgie refuses to wear?
(a) A hat.
(b) A dress.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Gloves.

2. Where does Idgie sit while Frank and Ruth exchange their wedding vows?
(a) In the bathroom.
(b) In her car.
(c) In the front row of the church.
(d) In the hallway, right outside the sanctuary.

3. Which of the following train cars was Ninny's favorite as a child?
(a) The caboose.
(b) The dining car.
(c) The driver's car.
(d) The sleeping car.

4. How was criminal Mr. Pinto executed?
(a) He was given a lethal injection.
(b) He was electrocuted.
(c) He was hanged.
(d) He was shot by a firing squad.

5. How old was Albert when he died?
(a) Five years old.
(b) Seven years old.
(c) Nine years old.
(d) Eleven years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Idgie Threadgoode claim to have found inside a hen's egg?

2. What is the name of Vesta Adcock's husband?

3. Who finally encouraged Ruth to leave Frank once and for all?

4. How does Idgie's mother feel about Idgie's relationship with Ruth?

5. Who adopts the baby boy abandoned at the train station?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Vesta Adcock when she escapes from the nursing home?

2. How does Big George react when he sees that Artis stabbed his twin brother, Jasper?

3. How does Idgie help cure Naughty Bird's pneumonia?

4. How is Big George treated when he brings Buddy Jr. to the hospital after the train accident?

5. How does Naughty Bird's view of herself change after Le Roy leaves her?

6. How does Stump muster up the courage to ask Peggy out for their first date?

7. What type of relationship does Evelyn have with doctors?

8. Who is Towanda the Avenger?

9. What practical joke does Idgie play on townsfolk that lead people to believe she may have killed a man?

10. How does Artis feel about Birmingham, Alabama immediately upon arriving?

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