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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction to A Memoir of Mary Ann.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of "Total Effect and the Eighth Grade," how many instances does O'Connor mention parents objecting to their child's reading assignments?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

2. What ailment caused a young girl to be deformed in "Introduction to a Memoir of Mary Ann"?
(a) An amputated leg.
(b) A heart condition.
(c) A tumor.
(d) A skin disease.

3. Who wrote in his notebook: "If I had not known you, I would not have found you"?
(a) Descartes.
(b) Newton.
(c) Pascal.
(d) Harvey.

4. What did O'Connor feel like when she heard about The School Southern Degeneracy?
(a) The White Rabbit.
(b) Peter Rabbit.
(c) Br'er Rabbit.
(d) The Velvetine Rabbit.

5. What does O'Connor say one should do if they want topics?
(a) Listen to the radio.
(b) Read a newspaper.
(c) Read a biography.
(d) Read a work of fiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose pig does not know what bacon is?

2. What type of people does O'Connor say Southerners can recognize?

3. How long had the deformed girl been given to live when she was born?

4. In which novel does O'Connor say all its sentences could be examined with wonder?

5. What drink does O'Connor say the deformed girl's days were filled with?

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