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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Block tell Asbury?
(a) That he is not dying.
(b) That he is dying.
(c) That his mother is not dying.
(d) That he is not a genius.

2. Who is Calhoun trying to vindicate?
(a) Singleton.
(b) His mother.
(c) Calhoun’s great grandfather.
(d) Nobody.

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

4. What was Parker initially intrigued by his wife?
(a) Her religion.
(b) Her beautiful dark hair.
(c) Her meekness.
(d) She ignored his advances.

5. Where does the stroke happen in “Why Do the Heathen Rage”?
(a) At the grocery store.
(b) At the diner.
(c) At the state capitol.
(d) At the doctor’s office.

6. What does the doctor want Julian’s mother to do?
(a) Lose weight.
(b) Visit Julian often.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Gain weight.

7. Who has a stroke in “Why Do the Heathen Rage”?
(a) Walter.
(b) Mrs. Cope.
(c) Walter’s mother.
(d) Mr. Tilman.

8. What does Mrs. May see out her window?
(a) A bull grazing.
(b) Strangers lurking in the pastures.
(c) Her front yard vandalized.
(d) A fire behind the barn.

9. What does the grandfather in “A View of the Woods” sell?
(a) Bootlegged alcohol.
(b) Livestock from his farm.
(c) Small plots of land from his farm.
(d) Firearms.

10. How many grandchildren are in “A View of the Woods”?
(a) Seven.
(b) Ten.
(c) There are no grandchildren in this story.
(d) Fourteen.

11. How much education does Joy have?
(a) She has a PhD.
(b) Secondary school education.
(c) A college education.
(d) An elementary school education.

12. Who does Mr. Head live with?
(a) Nelson, his son.
(b) Nelson, his grandson.
(c) Nelson, his brother.
(d) Nelson, his father.

13. How old is Asbury?
(a) 45.
(b) 40.
(c) 25.
(d) 30.

14. What so-called disease does the girl Thomas’s mother helps have in “The Comforts of Home”?
(a) “Epilepsy.”
(b) “Nimpermania.”
(c) “Hypremesis gravidarum.”
(d) “Schizophrenia.”

15. Who is at Tilman’s house when he returns?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife and son.
(c) His neighbors.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of “The Artificial Nigger”, what does Nelson vow?

2. Where are Mr. and Mrs. Turpin?

3. Who steps out of the black car in “The Displaced Person”?

4. Where do the two fourteen year-old girls in “A Temple of the Holy Ghost” attend school?

5. Who does Thomas accidentally shoot?

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