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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do the boys do in the woods behind the farm in “A Circle in the Fire”?
(a) Swim in the water tank and then start a fire.
(b) Kills farm animals.
(c) Dig a hole.
(d) Run away.

4. Why doesn’t the grandmother in “A Good Man is Hard to Find” want to drive through Georgia?
(a) A convict named the “Misfit” has escaped from the local penitentiary.
(b) It is not in the direction that they need to go.
(c) She doesn’t like the heat.
(d) Her family is buried there.

5. Emery discovers what about the gorilla?
(a) That there is really no gorilla.
(b) That the gorilla is really a man.
(c) That the gorilla has feelings.
(d) That he eats people.

6. How old is Sally Poker Sash?
(a) 87.
(b) 31.
(c) 62.
(d) 54.

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

8. What disappoints Old Dudley at the end of the story?
(a) The geranium is not in the window.
(b) He burned the roast he was cooking.
(c) He dislikes his bedroom.
(d) His friends never visit him anymore.

9. How old is Hazel Wickers?
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Thirty.

10. Whom does Mrs. Willerton become in her own story?
(a) Lot’s wife.
(b) Lot’s brother.
(c) She does not become part of her story.
(d) Lot’s sister.

11. What are the red-haired girl and the blind man doing in “The Peeler”?
(a) Holding hands an observing passersby.
(b) Heckling people.
(c) Selling bread loaves.
(d) Handing out religious pamphlets.

12. Who is Mrs. Cope?
(a) The hired-hand’s wife.
(b) The neighbor.
(c) The owner of the farm.
(d) The grandmother of the farm owner.

13. What war did General Sash serve in?
(a) The Great War.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) The Revolutionary War.
(d) The War Between the States.

14. What does Enoch Emery discover inside the museum?
(a) A woman he likes to watch.
(b) Urns.
(c) A glass case with a handwritten card inside of it and mummified man.
(d) Mysterious calligraphic writing.

15. In “The River”, why do the characters head down to the river?
(a) To hear the preacher and watch baptisms.
(b) To fish.
(c) To launder clothes.
(d) To bathe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does “The Heart of the Park” take place?

2. Who reappears in “The Heart of the Park”?

3. How old is Lucynell’s daughter?

4. In the short story “Enoch and the Gorilla”, what does the sign on the truck advertise?

5. What does Mrs. Cope offer the teenage boys?

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