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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Hazel Motes purchase from the baker?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Dough.
(c) Bread.
(d) A potato peeler.

3. What is wrong with Lucynell’s daughter?
(a) She is blind.
(b) She is mentally retarded and cannot speak.
(c) She is deaf.
(d) She cannot walk.

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

5. “The Barber” takes place in which town?
(a) Savannah.
(b) Dilton.
(c) Millerville.
(d) New Orleans.

6. What major political movement is coming up in “The Barber”?
(a) A gubernatorial election.
(b) Invocation of new supreme court justices.
(c) A senate vote.
(d) A presidential election.

7. What does the upper sleeping berth remind Hazel Wickers of?
(a) His mother’s chiffarobe.
(b) His bed.
(c) His back porch.
(d) A coffin.

8. What has been Mrs. Willerton’s job for over 50 years?
(a) To do the dishes.
(b) To crumb the table after a meal.
(c) To sweep the kitchen.
(d) To hang the laundry.

9. How many customers are in the diner in “Enoch and the Gorilla”?
(a) The diner is full.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) There is no one in the diner.

10. Where does Emery go for something to eat in “Enoch and the Gorilla”?
(a) The Paris Diner.
(b) To his apartment.
(c) To the grocer.
(d) The churro cart.

11. In “A Circle in the Fire,” who is always looking out from the upstairs window?
(a) Mrs. Cope’s 12-year-old daughter.
(b) Mrs. Cope.
(c) Mr. Cope.
(d) Mrs. Pritchard.

12. What does Enoch Emery borrow from his landlord?
(a) Her umbrella.
(b) Her rain galoshes.
(c) Her rain slicker.
(d) Her rain hat.

13. What does Mrs. Willerton consider herself?
(a) A poet.
(b) An artist.
(c) A writer.
(d) A musician.

14. Who asked Old Dudley if he wanted to go for a walk?
(a) His wife.
(b) His brother.
(c) His friend.
(d) His daughter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Mrs. Willerton become in her own story?

2. The barber calls Rayber what name __________.

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

4. In “The Train”, what doesn’t the upper sleeping berth have?

5. What is in Ruby’s sack?

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