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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Ruller hike back to his town with?
(a) A turkey.
(b) A rock.
(c) Deer antlers.
(d) A sandwich.
2. What are the red-haired girl and the blind man doing in “The Peeler”?
(a) Heckling people.
(b) Holding hands an observing passersby.
(c) Handing out religious pamphlets.
(d) Selling bread loaves.
3. What does the grandmother have hiding under the newspaper in the backseat in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”?
(a) A flask.
(b) Her cat.
(c) Her rosary beads.
(d) Her dog.
4. What is the profession of Mrs. Willerton’s main character Lot Motum?
(a) An Irish potato farmer.
(b) A sharecropper.
(c) A barber.
(d) A locomotive engineer.
5. What was Old Dudley waiting for while looking out the window?
(a) The rain to stop.
(b) The geranium in his neighbor’s window.
(c) His lunch to finish cooking.
(d) The bus to arrive.
6. What does Enoch Emery borrow from his landlord?
(a) Her rain hat.
(b) Her umbrella.
(c) Her rain galoshes.
(d) Her rain slicker.
7. Who reappears in “The Heart of the Park”?
(a) Old Gabriel.
(b) Mrs. Willerton.
(c) Hazel Motes.
(d) Enoch Emery.
8. In the beginning of “The Barbar”, what is Rayber reminiscing about?
(a) The church sermon.
(b) His last shave at the barber.
(c) A long walk he had with his wife.
(d) His last meal.
9. What does Sally want her grandfather to attend?
(a) Her wedding.
(b) Her baptism.
(c) Her college graduation ceremony.
(d) His grandson’s graduation ceremony.
10. What major political movement is coming up in “The Barber”?
(a) A senate vote.
(b) Invocation of new supreme court justices.
(c) A gubernatorial election.
(d) A presidential election.
11. Who returns from hunting in the short story “Wildcat”?
(a) The wildcat.
(b) The men and women in the community.
(c) Four young black men.
(d) Old Gabriel.
12. What does the baker accuse the red-haired girl and the blind man of doing in “The Peeler”?
(a) Breaking the laws.
(b) Being an unfit couple.
(c) Heckling him.
(d) Stealing his customers.
13. How old is General Sash?
(a) 54.
(b) 87.
(c) 104.
(d) 70.
14. 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.
15. Who is Mrs. Pritchard?
(a) The wife of the hired-hand.
(b) The owner of the farm.
(c) The neighbor.
(d) A relative of the owner.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Old Gabriel afraid of?
2. Who helps Old Dudley up the stairs?
3. How old is Lucynell’s daughter?
4. What happens to General Sash during the ceremony?
5. In “The Train”, what doesn’t the upper sleeping berth have?
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