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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. What does O'Connor refer to as a "complete dramatic action"?
(a) A novel.
(b) A scene.
(c) A movement.
(d) A story.

2. O'Connor says no other writer was hotter after the dollar than whom?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Henry James.

3. What award did Percy Walker win?
(a) Regional Book Prize.
(b) National Book Award.
(c) Georgia Writers Grant.
(d) National Novelist Award.

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

5. What is the name of the home where a deformed girl lived with nuns?
(a) Our Lady of Perpetual Help Free Cancer Home.
(b) Our Lady of Good Counsel Free Cancer Home.
(c) Our Lady of Mercy Free Cancer Home.
(d) Our Lady of Faith Free Cancer Home.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what magazine did O'Connor read an editorial challenging her and other writers?

2. What item of clothing did Colonel Eggbert wear?

3. What did one of O'Connor's peafowl lose in the mowing machine?

4. What does O'Connor say is the ultimate reality?

5. What reason did O'Connor give a female student who asked her why she writes?

(see the answer key)

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