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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Foreshadowing.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Alliteration.

2. How old was Marvin Macy when he married Amelia?
(a) 43.
(b) 32.
(c) 19.
(d) 22.

3. To whom does Lymon seem attracted now?
(a) Marvin.
(b) Sara.
(c) Andy.
(d) Amelia.

4. Why is Frances' playing so emotionless?
(a) She hates the pieces she has to play.
(b) She is depressed.
(c) She has better things to do.
(d) She is distracted.

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

6. Who wrecks Amelia's cafe?
(a) A group of vandals.
(b) A local gang.
(c) Sam and Eddie.
(d) Marvin and Lymon.

7. How many years have passed since the opening of Amelia's cafe?
(a) 6.
(b) 19.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

8. What did critics say about Frances' performance of the piece in #83?
(a) It was inspired.
(b) It was brilliant.
(c) It lacked emotion.
(d) It was virtuoso level.

9. How long did Miss Amelia's only marriage last?
(a) 10 days.
(b) 10 weeks.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 10 months.

10. What is the state of the largest house in the center of town?
(a) Torn down.
(b) Brand new.
(c) In renovation.
(d) Ready to collapse.

11. Who is Miss Amelia?
(a) A school secretary.
(b) A dance hall girl.
(c) The occupant of the largest house in town.
(d) A schoolteacher.

12. Amelia takes Lymon to picture shows and ______________.
(a) cockfights.
(b) horse races.
(c) dog races.
(d) football games.

13. What will the man in #12 be called?
(a) Mr. Andrews.
(b) Cousin Lymon.
(c) Sir Morton.
(d) Buddy.

14. How does Amelia spend the rest of her life?
(a) As a philanthropist.
(b) As an event planner.
(c) As a hermit.
(d) As a brothel madam.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What eventually happens to the town?

3. What do Marvin and Lymon do together?

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

5. What is the Harmonious Blacksmith?

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