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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the boy in “The River” say his name is (though it isn’t)?
(a) Enoch.
(b) Raybar.
(c) Robbie.
(d) Bevel.

2. Where is Old Dudley living?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) New York.

3. What does Emery order at the diner in “Enoch and the Gorilla”?
(a) Pork chops.
(b) A piece of cake.
(c) Chicken-fried steak.
(d) Coffee and pie.

4. How old is Lucynell’s daughter?
(a) 55.
(b) 45.
(c) 18.
(d) 30.

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

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

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

8. What is Ruller pretending to be?
(a) A robot.
(b) An Indian.
(c) A Wild West cowboy.
(d) A hunter.

9. Who reappears in “The Heart of the Park”?
(a) Old Gabriel.
(b) Hazel Motes.
(c) Mrs. Willerton.
(d) Enoch Emery.

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

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

12. What is chained in a Chinaberry tree outside the diner where they stop to eat in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”?
(a) A goat.
(b) A monkey.
(c) A cat.
(d) A donkey.

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

14. What is Old Gabriel afraid of?
(a) Going hungry.
(b) A wildcat.
(c) Being robbed.
(d) Rats in his cabin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What disappoints Old Dudley at the end of the story?

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

3. What does Hazel Motes purchase from the baker?

4. In “A Circle in the Fire,” who is always looking out from the upstairs window?

5. What does Mr. Shiflit get running?

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