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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 is John Wesley?
(a) A boy that Sash thinks of as his own son.
(b) Sally’s brother who no longer speaks to General Sash.
(c) Sally’s son who is graduating from college.
(d) A boy that Sally has arranged to wheel General Sash to the stage.

2. Who dies in the beginning of “You Can’t Be Any Poorer Than Dead”?
(a) Francis Tarwater’s father.
(b) Francis Tarwater’s great uncle.
(c) Francis Tarwater.
(d) Francis Tarwater’s

3. Where do the girls in “A Temple of the Holy Ghost” go with the boys on a date?
(a) To the movies.
(b) To the roller-rink.
(c) To a diner.
(d) To the fair.

4. What does Parker have on his back by the end of “Parker’s Back”?
(a) A rash.
(b) A tattoo of Jesus Christ.
(c) Hair.
(d) A tattoo of wife and son.

5. Who is Mrs. Shortley?
(a) The wife of the hired hand.
(b) A widow.
(c) The farm owner.
(d) The displaced person.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Madam Zoleeda?

2. What do the two teenage girls in “A Temple of the Holy Ghost” call themselves?

3. What happens to General Sash during the ceremony?

4. Who has a stroke in “Why Do the Heathen Rage”?

5. What does Emery order at the diner in “Enoch and the Gorilla”?

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