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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Everything that Rises Must Converge.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps Old Dudley up the stairs?
(a) The apartment concierge.
(b) The black man who is renting the apartment next to Old Dudley’s.
(c) The taxi driver.
(d) His daughter when she returns home from work.

2. Where does Rufus return home from?
(a) The armed forces.
(b) A reformatory.
(c) Work overseas.
(d) Boarding school.

3. What does Madam Zoleeda tell Ruby?
(a) That Rufus is “good for nothin”.
(b) That she doesn’t like collard greens.
(c) That she is sick.
(d) That Ruby owes her money.

4. In “The Peeler”, what is the yellow-haired boy’s name?
(a) Hazel Motes.
(b) Old Gabriel.
(c) Enoch Emery.
(d) He isn’t given a name.

5. What does Old Gabriel think he can smell?
(a) Milk.
(b) Lurkers outside his cabin.
(c) A wildcat.
(d) Rats.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Francis Tarwater?

2. Where do the two fourteen year-old girls in “A Temple of the Holy Ghost” attend school?

3. Who does the bull in “Greenleaf” belong to?

4. Who’s cabin does Mr. Shiflit walk to?

5. What season is it in “The Heart of the Park”?

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