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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. What is wrong with Julian’s mother?
(a) She is distraught that her son doesn’t live with her.
(b) She can no longer walk.
(c) She has cancer.
(d) She has dementia.

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

3. Besides her name and illness, what else does the girl fake in “The Comforts of Home”?
(a) Her age.
(b) Her suicide.
(c) Where she’s from.
(d) The girls doesn’t fake anything else.

4. Who believes that Thomas and the girl were scheming all along to kill his mother?
(a) The church people.
(b) His mother.
(c) The sheriff.
(d) The neighbors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is John Wesley?

2. Why is Julian embarrassed by his mother?

3. How old is Thomas?

4. What does Mrs. May see out her window?

5. Where is Mr. Head and the family member he lives with going?

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