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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 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 is a hunchback.
(d) He has a peg leg.

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

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

4. In this story, McCullers intimates that a certain level of _____________ is part of life.
(a) horror.
(b) anxiety.
(c) absurdity.
(d) fear.

5. What is the Harmonious Blacksmith?
(a) A book about the Wild West.
(b) A piece Frances used to love.
(c) A book about horses.
(d) A show about careers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Amelia feel about Cousin Lymon at the end of the story?

2. What piece does Frances recall that she and the student in #78 played?

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

4. What is happening to Frances that Mr. Bilderbach is unaware of?

5. Why does Amelia not say anything to Lymon about giving so many privileges to Marvin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author reveal about Miss Amelia's character and personality?

2. What is Leo's role in the story?

3. How did the old man come to terms with his wife's leaving him for another man?

4. How does Lymon try to ingratiate himself to Marvin?

5. What does Mister Bilderbach try to get Frances to play in her lesson to get her enthused again?

6. What stage is the old man in in his system of learning to love?

7. What is the setting for "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe?"

8. What literary technique does McCullers use in mentioning Amelia's brief marriage to Marvin Macy?

9. How does Amelia try to get rid of Marvin?

10. How does the end of Marvin and Amelia's marriage foreshadow what will happen to Amelia and Cousin Lymon?

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