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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did O'Connor see the ad for her first peafowl?
(a) The Bazaar.
(b) The Florida Express.
(c) The Daily Mail.
(d) The Market Bulletin.

2. Which of O'Connor's relatives refused to accept that her story about a man who leaves his wife at an eatery was complete?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her mother.

3. What does O'Connor say fiction should deal with?
(a) The subconscious.
(b) Reality.
(c) History.
(d) Vague concepts.

4. What color was the helmet of the telephone repairman that came to O'Connor's farm?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Orange.

5. What did the telephone repairman comment on when O'Connor asked what he thinks of the peacock?
(a) Its bad attitude.
(b) Its tail.
(c) Its legs.
(d) Its coloring.

6. University students in the 1920s created a pamphlet with what title?
(a) I'll Stand and Be Heard.
(b) I'll Take My Stand.
(c) I'll Stand My Ground.
(d) I'll Put My Foot Down.

7. While some call "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" grotesque, what does O'Connor call it?
(a) Simplistic.
(b) Symbolic.
(c) Conceptual.
(d) Literal.

8. How did the man selling fence posts get rid of his peafowl?
(a) He would sell them at festivals.
(b) He and his family would eat them.
(c) He gave them to O'Connor.
(d) He would give them to needy children as gifts.

9. Where was the photographer from who visited O'Connor at her home?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) Hollywood.
(d) New York.

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

11. Henry James gave negative criticism by telling the writer that they have treated good subject manner in what kind of manner?
(a) Confusing.
(b) Wordy.
(c) Nostalgic.
(d) Straightforward.

12. What question did the editorial that challenged O'Connor ask?
(a) Who speaks for the poor today?
(b) Who speaks for the South today?
(c) Who speaks for women today?
(d) Who speaks for America today?

13. Granville Hicks reviewed a novel by whom?
(a) Samuel Willard.
(b) Thomas Shepard.
(c) James Jones.
(d) John Wise.

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

15. How old was O'Connor when a photographer visited her in "The King of the Birds"?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many peafowl did O'Connor buy from an ad in a paper?

3. About how long did the telephone repairman wait to see a peacock strut?

4. Who is the author of "Summer Dust"?

5. What kind of vision does O'Connor say a fiction writer needs to develop?

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