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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ballad of the Sad Cafe, pages 23 - 48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the busiest night in Amelia's cafe?
(a) Friday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Tuesday.

2. What is Miss Amelia's physical appearance?
(a) Delicate and frail.
(b) Tall and gawky.
(c) Strong and mannish.
(d) Petite and tentative.

3. What is notable about a man who approaches Amelia's house one day?
(a) He has a stripe of white hair.
(b) His left arm is shorter than the right.
(c) He has a peg leg.
(d) He is a hunchback.

4. What literary technique does McCullers use when she addresses the ruined marriage between Amelia and Marvin and the future failed relationship between Amelia and Lymon.
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Simile.

5. What is wrong with the sick child brought to see Amelia?
(a) Scarlet Fever.
(b) Measles.
(c) Boil on his thigh.
(d) Chicken Pox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the people in town soon come to realize about the man in #12?

2. What is the weather as the story opens?

3. What is the physical manifestation of Cousin Lymon's outcast status?

4. What does drinking liquor in Amelia's house signify?

5. In what area of the United States does this story take place?

(see the answer key)

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