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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. About how long did the telephone repairman wait to see a peacock strut?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) One hour.
(d) 45 minutes.

2. What did O'Connor see in the book "Believe It or Not"?
(a) A woman who owned 900 chickens.
(b) A rooster who lived with no head.
(c) A cat who nursed a hen.
(d) A chicken that mated with a turkey.

3. In what magazine did O'Connor read an editorial challenging her and other writers?
(a) Newsweek.
(b) Southern Living.
(c) Time.
(d) Life.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the man selling fence posts get rid of his peafowl?

2. Which writer did Henry James say does things in the way that take the most doing?

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

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

5. What did O'Connor tell a classroom that there was no such thing as?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did a man and his five white-haired children react when they saw the peacock in the road?

2. How does O'Connor feel about short stories?

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

4. How does O'Connor feel about the peahens?

5. What does O'Connor say about those who have the gift for writing?

6. Why does O'Connor believe that Christian writers will best be able to discern the grotesque?

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

8. What does O'Connor say about reality in fiction writing?

9. How does O'Connor feel about Southern writing being labeled as "grotesque"?

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

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