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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 the physical manifestation of Cousin Lymon's outcast status?
(a) His yellow eyes.
(b) His albino coloring.
(c) His hunchback.
(d) His bald head.

2. What does Amelia slaughter for a town barbecue?
(a) Cow.
(b) Pig.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Goat.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Amelia's demeanor toward the sick child?

2. How long did Miss Amelia's only marriage last?

3. Who is Mister Bilderbach?

4. What is wrong with the sick child brought to see Amelia?

5. Who was Miss Amelia's husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John's address book symbolize?

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

3. Compare and contrast John's life now with the new life Elizabeth has created.

4. Why does Mr. Brook rationalize that Madame Zilensky has created a world of lies?

5. What does the old man tell the boy about the woman he had been married to?

6. What is the nature of the cafe in the four years since Cousin Lymon arrived?

7. How do Amelia and Marvin prepare for their big fight?

8. What are some of the strange situations that Mr. Brook finds at Madame Zilensky's house?

9. After listening to so many of Madame Zilensky's stories, what finally alerts Mr. Brook that she is a pathological liar?

10. What is the nature of the altercation between Martin and his wife, Emily?

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