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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Madam Zoleeda?
(a) The woman who owns the local saloon.
(b) The palmist on highway 87.
(c) Rufus’s prostitute.
(d) Ruby's best friend.

2. What does the grandmother have hiding under the newspaper in the backseat in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”?
(a) A flask.
(b) Her rosary beads.
(c) Her dog.
(d) Her cat.

3. Where is Hazel Wickers expecting to sleep on the train?
(a) A lower berth.
(b) In a first-class seat.
(c) In a coach seat.
(d) An upper berth.

4. Where is Mr. Shiflit running to?
(a) Savannah.
(b) Mobile.
(c) Portland.
(d) Corinth.

5. The barber calls Rayber what name __________.
(a) Idiot.
(b) Segregationist.
(c) Mother Hubbard.
(d) White Supremacist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the characters going when “A Good Man is Hard to Find” opens?

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

3. What is in Ruby’s sack?

4. What does Mrs. Willerton consider herself?

5. What does the upper sleeping berth remind Hazel Wickers of?

(see the answer key)

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