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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 49 - 89).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator ask his mother how to cook in the story The Eternal Glory That Is Ham Hocks?
(a) Chicken livers.
(b) Pork chops.
(c) Collard greens.
(d) Pigs feet.

2. Which of the following lines is from the song Ed sings for the music star and others?
(a) Stars shining bright above you.
(b) You get a line and I'll get a pole, honey.
(c) Time is on our side.
(d) To everything, turn, turn, turn.

3. What career does the narrator of The Eternal Glory That Is Ham Hocks leave in order to become a chef?
(a) Law.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Finance.
(d) Medicine.

4. When did Inez Cross Pickett die?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1958.

5. Where does Lazarus have his altercation with J.C. Stokes?
(a) The bank.
(b) Outside Lazarus's house.
(c) The doctor's office.
(d) The IGA.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had been the rock of Cicero's family?

2. Where does the music star say Ed is really from?

3. What does the music star call Ed, to Ed's surprise?

4. What was the narrator's mother's career?

5. Why did Inez Cross Chasten decide not to ever tell her husband about Hughes's offer to work for him?

(see the answer key)

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