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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fiction Writer & His Country, Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction and The Regional Writer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What possession of O'Connor's mom did the peafowl eat systematically?
(a) Bread loaves.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Pets.

2. What did the schoolchildren who visited O'Connor's farm call the peacock's smaller, gray tail?
(a) Gray hairs.
(b) Underwear.
(c) Tripod.
(d) Mini-tail.

3. What type of people does O'Connor say Southerners can recognize?
(a) Wealthy.
(b) Spiritual.
(c) Freaks.
(d) Intellectuals.

4. What did the telephone repairman say he thought O'Connor's peacock could outrun?
(a) An Oldsmobile.
(b) A cheetah.
(c) A roadrunner.
(d) A bus.

5. O'Connor's friend told her that a bookstore clerk referred to "The Violent Bear It Away" with what title?
(a) The Valiant Bloom Always.
(b) The One That Got Away.
(c) The Bear That Ran Away With It.
(d) The Violets Bear Today.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Faulkner at home?

2. What did O'Connor feel like when she heard about The School Southern Degeneracy?

3. What does O'Connor say is a word that sounds good in anyone's mouth that no book jacket can do without?

4. Where did O'Connor see the ad for her first peafowl?

5. What did an old woman cry when she finally saw the tail on O'Connor's peacock?

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