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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 does Mr. Head live with?
(a) Nelson, his father.
(b) Nelson, his brother.
(c) Nelson, his grandson.
(d) Nelson, his son.

2. At the end of “The Artificial Nigger”, what does Nelson vow?
(a) To never return to the city again.
(b) To never leave his tickets on the train again.
(c) To never go to the sea again.
(d) To never travel with Mr. Head again.

3. Whose perspective is “The Crop” told in?
(a) Garner’s.
(b) Mrs. Willteron’s.
(c) Lot Motum’s.
(d) Lucia’s.

4. What is the mother in “The River” doing in the beginning of the story?
(a) Working.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Sleeping.

5. What is the profession of Mrs. Willerton’s main character Lot Motum?
(a) A barber.
(b) A locomotive engineer.
(c) A sharecropper.
(d) An Irish potato farmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tries to befriend Hazel Motes?

2. Why doesn’t the grandmother in “A Good Man is Hard to Find” want to drive through Georgia?

3. What does Hazel Motes purchase from the baker?

4. In “The Peeler”, what is the yellow-haired boy’s name?

5. From what age has Mr. Head reared his grandson?

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