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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parker’s Back.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does “The Heart of the Park” take place?
(a) In front of a theater.
(b) On a farm.
(c) A public park.
(d) The zoo.

3. Who started the Partridge Festival?
(a) Calhoun’s great grandfather’s nemesis.
(b) Calhoun’s great grandmother.
(c) This information is never given.
(d) Calhoun’s great grandfather.

4. How is Rufus connected to Ruby?
(a) Rufus is Ruby’s older brother.
(b) Rufus is Ruby’s son.
(c) Rufus is Ruby’s husband.
(d) Rufus is Ruby’s baby brother.

5. Who does Hazel Motes follow down the street?
(a) His father.
(b) Enoch Emery.
(c) The red-haired girl and the blind man.
(d) The baker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sally want her grandfather to attend?

2. What does Madam Zoleeda tell Ruby?

3. Where is Parker sitting in “Parker’s Back”?

4. Who does Thomas accidentally shoot?

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

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