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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Thomas accidentally shoot?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) Himself.
(c) His mother.
(d) The girl.

3. What does Mary George do for a living?
(a) She is a grocer.
(b) She does not work because she is a woman.
(c) She is a playwright.
(d) She is the principal of an elementary school.

4. Who does Thomas’s mother help?
(a) Thomas.
(b) A girl who was thrown in jail for bouncing a check.
(c) Her neighbors who are ill with influenza.
(d) The church people.

5. Who steps out of the black car in “The Displaced Person”?
(a) Mrs. Cope.
(b) A displaced family.
(c) Mr. Shortley.
(d) Mrs. Shortley.

6. What is the girl’s real name in “The Comforts of Home”?
(a) Raylee Jones.
(b) Sarah Hamm.
(c) Star Drake.
(d) Ruth Hampton.

7. What is being built next to the grandfather’s property in “A View of the Woods”?
(a) A barn and stable.
(b) A fishing club.
(c) A racetrack.
(d) A rifle range.

8. What is Asbury convinced of?
(a) That he is a genius.
(b) That his sister is evil.
(c) That his mother is dying.
(d) That he is dying.

9. What does Parker have on his back by the end of “Parker’s Back”?
(a) Hair.
(b) A tattoo of Jesus Christ.
(c) A rash.
(d) A tattoo of wife and son.

10. In “Good Country People”, who are the Freeman’s?
(a) Hired help.
(b) Relatives of Mrs. Hopewell.
(c) The farm owners.
(d) Neighbors of Mrs. Hopewell.

11. Why is Julian embarrassed by his mother?
(a) She falls and her teeth splay out of her mouth.
(b) She is patronizing and prejudice against the African Americans on the bus.
(c) She insists on holding his hand.
(d) She gets drunk at dinner and is insulting to everyone.

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

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

14. How old is Francis Tarwater?
(a) Fourteen years old.
(b) Ten years old.
(c) Three years old.
(d) Eighteen years old.

15. Who is Calhoun going to visit?
(a) His two great-aunts.
(b) His mother and sister.
(c) His cousins.
(d) His sister and aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Block tell Asbury?

2. Where is Mr. Head and the family member he lives with going?

3. Who does Mrs. McIntyre decide to fire?

4. Who believes that Thomas and the girl were scheming all along to kill his mother?

5. Where does the stroke happen in “Why Do the Heathen Rage”?

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