Selected Short Stories Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Selected Short Stories Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who let people inside the house when Emily died?
(a) The servant.
(b) A cousin.
(c) The mayor.
(d) Homer.

2. What does a banker owe Dilsey's replacement?
(a) Land.
(b) Money.
(c) Food.
(d) Sex.

3. What is Snopes told he should do after his case is thrown out?
(a) Find a new home.
(b) Leave the county.
(c) Be on the lookout.
(d) Pay for the damage.

4. Who was thought to have raped Minne Cooper?
(a) Weston Mills.
(b) William Maynard.
(c) Will Maynes.
(d) Wilton Matheson.

5. What was found in the locked room after Emily's death?
(a) A portrait.
(b) A corpse.
(c) A coffin.
(d) A rose.

6. How far from the brothers' house does the younger brother walk when his older brother joins the military?
(a) 42 miles.
(b) 22 miles.
(c) 32 miles.
(d) 12 miles.

7. What is Dilsey's occupation in 'That Evening Sun'?
(a) Foreman.
(b) Cook.
(c) Wood cutter.
(d) Mill operator.

8. What do the Indians in 'Red Leaves' discuss the palatability of?
(a) Children.
(b) Black flesh.
(c) Cows.
(d) Horses.

9. Who does not believe Minne Cooper was raped?
(a) The barber.
(b) The victim's father.
(c) The police chief.
(d) The plant manager.

10. How old is Caddy?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

11. What is the name of the narrator of 'That Evening Sun'?
(a) Quick.
(b) Qualtz.
(c) Quill.
(d) Quentin.

12. Why does the older brother in 'Two Soldiers' say the younger brother should not join the military?
(a) He is too young.
(b) His mother will be sad.
(c) He needs to keep working for his father.
(d) All of these.

13. What did Emily's neighbors complain of to the authorities?
(a) Colored smoke from the house.
(b) The shambled looking yard.
(c) A bad smell.
(d) Strange noises at night.

14. Where is the trial for Snopes held?
(a) The store.
(b) Mrs. Johnson's mansion.
(c) The town square.
(d) Mr. Harris's office.

15. What injury does the replacement for Dilsey get on her way to jail?
(a) She is cut on her arm.
(b) She is kicked in the face.
(c) She is shot in the leg.
(d) She is punched in the back.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the older brother in 'Two Soldiers' when he heard about Pearl Harbor?

2. What do the Indians in 'Red Leaves' see as a burden in their lives?

3. What does Snopes use to burn down De Spain's barn?

4. What does the younger brother in in 'Two Soldiers' do when some soldiers laugh at him?

5. What did Emily teach for a while?

(see the answer keys)

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