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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the boy in “The River”?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) An infant.
(d) 8.

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

3. After the family rolls their car in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, what do the men in the passing car have?
(a) Water.
(b) Food.
(c) Guns.
(d) A tow truck.

4. What do Mr. Head and his grandson forget on the train?
(a) Their tickets.
(b) Their hats.
(c) Their umbrellas.
(d) Their sack lunches.

5. Where is Mr. Head and the family member he lives with going?
(a) “To the desert.”
(b) “To the city.”
(c) “To the sea.”
(d) “To the country.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does the babysitter pick up the boy in “The River”?

2. How many children are traveling with the grandmother and her son in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”?

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

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

5. Who does Hazel Motes follow down the street?

(see the answer key)

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