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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. What does Snopes's wife use to clean when they first are employed by De Spain?
(a) Baking powder.
(b) Acid.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Lye.

2. How did Jesus get his big scar?
(a) A fire.
(b) A knife fight.
(c) A car crash.
(d) A dog attack.

3. Which of the following is NOT a discussed option for dealing with the slaves in 'Red 'Leaves'?
(a) Eating them.
(b) Mating with them.
(c) Killing them.
(d) Selling them.

4. What does the younger brother in in 'Two Soldiers' do when some soldiers laugh at him?
(a) Pulls out a knife.
(b) Runs away.
(c) Faints.
(d) Cries.

5. Who was the only person seen regularly at Emily's house before she died?
(a) The negro slave.
(b) Emily.
(c) Colonel Sartoris.
(d) Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the taxes on Emily's house suspended?

2. Where does Minne Cooper live in 'Dry September'?

3. What did Emily refuse to do for a while after her father died?

4. Why does the younger brother in 'Two Soldiers' go to the recruitment center?

5. Who tries to send the younger brother in 'Two Soldiers' home when he runs away from home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Hawkshaw when he tries to defend Will Maynes?

2. What causes Pete to want to join the Army?

3. What does a policeman in Jefferson do when he sees the younger brother there alone in 'Two Soldiers'?

4. How does Pete's mother feel when he says he wants to join the Army in 'Two Soldiers'?

5. What is the most unsettling thing about the story 'Dry September'?

6. What does the White family do to help Nancy not be scared?

7. What did Moketubba have a fascination with?

8. What happens when Nancy tries to kill herself in 'That Evening Sun'?

9. What does the older brother in 'Two Soldiers' do when he sees his younger brother at the recruitment center?

10. What happens when Jesus comes to the White's house in 'That Evening Sun'?

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