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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who called art "reason in making"?
(a) St. Thomas.
(b) St. Mark.
(c) St. Kea.
(d) St. Petroc.

2. How many peafowl did O'Connor have after nine years?
(a) 40.
(b) 70.
(c) 50.
(d) 60.

3. Where did O'Connor's first set of peafowl come from?
(a) Eustis, Florida.
(b) Gulf Shores, Alabama.
(c) Chattanooga, Tennessee.
(d) Macon, Georgia.

4. What grade were the children who visited O'Connor's farm to see her peafowl?
(a) First.
(b) Second.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Third.

5. Who is the author of "Summer Dust"?
(a) Linda Gray.
(b) Caroline Gordon.
(c) Amy Matthews.
(d) Erin Carden.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. University students in the 1920s created a pamphlet with what title?

4. Granville Hicks reviewed a novel by whom?

5. Who wrote the collection of stories called "Rotting Hill"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the man who sold fence posts get rid of his peafowl?

2. How does the peahen act when she lays eggs?

3. How did the peafowl feel about O'Connor after nine years?

4. Why does O'Connor think some people pretend to be unaffected by the peacocks?

5. How does having lost the Civil War make Southerners better writers, according to O'Connor?

6. Why did a photographer visit O'Connor when she was a young girl?

7. What observations does O'Connor make about the student manuscripts she read?

8. How does O'Connor feel about the average person that is interested in writing?

9. How does O'Connor react to the editorial's cry for more spiritual writing, showing the joys of life?

10. How does O'Connor feel about the fiction writer using symbols?

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