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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Artificial Nigger.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tries to befriend Hazel Motes?
(a) The baker.
(b) The blind man.
(c) The red-haired girl.
(d) Enoch Emery.

2. What does Hazel Motes purchase from the baker?
(a) Dough.
(b) A potato peeler.
(c) Bread.
(d) Potatoes.

3. Where are the characters going when “A Good Man is Hard to Find” opens?
(a) On a car trip to New York.
(b) On a car trip to Georgia.
(c) On a car trip to Florida.
(d) On a car trip to Tennessee.

4. What does Mrs. Willerton consider herself?
(a) A musician.
(b) A writer.
(c) An artist.
(d) A poet.

5. In “The River”, why do the characters head down to the river?
(a) To bathe.
(b) To fish.
(c) To hear the preacher and watch baptisms.
(d) To launder clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mr. Head and his grandson forget on the train?

2. What does the baker accuse the red-haired girl and the blind man of doing in “The Peeler”?

3. What is the mother in “The River” doing in the beginning of the story?

4. How old is Mr. Head?

5. What is chained in a Chinaberry tree outside the diner where they stop to eat in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”?

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