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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Mrs. Willerton become in her own story?
(a) Lot’s brother.
(b) She does not become part of her story.
(c) Lot’s sister.
(d) Lot’s wife.

2. What are the red-haired girl and the blind man doing in “The Peeler”?
(a) Heckling people.
(b) Handing out religious pamphlets.
(c) Holding hands an observing passersby.
(d) Selling bread loaves.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the profession of Mrs. Willerton’s main character Lot Motum?

4. Whose perspective is “The Crop” told in?

5. Who tries to befriend Hazel Motes?

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