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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the people in town soon come to realize about the man in #12?
(a) He is a traveling salesman.
(b) He is an ex-priest.
(c) He is a convicted felon.
(d) He is "the life of the party".

2. What literary technique does McCullers use when mentioning Amelia's very brief marriage to Marvin Macy?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Allegory.

3. What does Amelia do with the gifts Marvin gives her?
(a) Puts them in storage.
(b) Puts them on display.
(c) Shows them to her friends.
(d) Sells them in her general store.

4. Frances' piano playing lately has been proficient yet _____________.
(a) spirited.
(b) brilliant.
(c) lifeless.
(d) inspired.

5. How does Amelia behave toward Lymon by this point in time?
(a) She dotes on him.
(b) She ignores him.
(c) She cannot stand him.
(d) She tolerates him.

6. What is happening to Frances that Mr. Bilderbach is unaware of?
(a) Her parents are divorcing.
(b) She is having a nervous breakdown.
(c) She will be moving soon.
(d) She is in love with a boy in school.

7. What beverage does Miss Amelia offer the men in her home?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Liquor.
(c) Soda.
(d) Tea.

8. What is the weather as the story opens?
(a) Frigid.
(b) Temperate.
(c) Cool.
(d) Very hot.

9. Who accidentally gets the plate of poisoned food when Amelia tries to poison Marvin?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Lymon.
(c) Ameila.
(d) Sara.

10. What literary technique does McCullers use to tell this story?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Flashback.
(c) Anachronism.
(d) Symbolism.

11. How does Amelia feel about Cousin Lymon at the end of the story?
(a) She loves him.
(b) She is amused by him.
(c) She can't stand him.
(d) She can take him or leave him.

12. Where does Marvin serve time for committing crimes?
(a) Atlanta penitentiary.
(b) Leavenworth prison.
(c) Sing Sing prison.
(d) Alcatraz prison.

13. What eventually happens to the town?
(a) It maintains a steady growth.
(b) It decays.
(c) It develops suburbs.
(d) It revitalizes the downtown area.

14. What news about Marvin does Marvin's brother give to Amelia?
(a) Marvin has died.
(b) Marvin has a terminal illness.
(c) Marvin is out of jail.
(d) Marvin has remarried.

15. Eventually Lymon has access to Amelia's house, cash register and __________________.
(a) keys to everything.
(b) car.
(c) inheritance.
(d) safe deposit box.

Short Answer Questions

1. In this story, McCullers intimates that a certain level of _____________ is part of life.

2. What do the people in town think has happened to the man in #14 when he is not seen the next day?

3. What instrument does the student in the magazine profile play?

4. What happens to Amelia after the activity in #66?

5. Why does Lymon say he is mesmerized by Marvin?

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