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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Greenleaf do with the articles she cuts out from the newspaper?
(a) She irons them and places them in a bureau drawer.
(b) She puts them in a scrapbook binder.
(c) She burns them in the fireplace.
(d) She buries them in the woods.

2. Besides her name and illness, what else does the girl fake in “The Comforts of Home”?
(a) Where she’s from.
(b) The girls doesn’t fake anything else.
(c) Her suicide.
(d) Her age.

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

4. Who does Mrs. Hopewell live with?
(a) Her 18-year-old son, Nelson.
(b) Her granddaughter, Emma.
(c) No one, she lives alone.
(d) Her 32-year-old daughter, Joy.

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

6. Where does Sheppard work on Saturdays?
(a) At the farm stand.
(b) At the grocer’s.
(c) At the reformatory.
(d) At the hospital.

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

8. What is wrong with Julian’s mother?
(a) She has dementia.
(b) She is distraught that her son doesn’t live with her.
(c) She has cancer.
(d) She can no longer walk.

9. Who does Mrs. McIntyre decide to fire?
(a) The priest.
(b) No one.
(c) Mr. Shortley.
(d) Mrs. Shortley.

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

11. What does Mrs. Turpin do in the waiting room?
(a) Read her Bible murmuring prayers under her breath.
(b) Prattles on and on, boring and irritating all of the others that are waiting.
(c) Passes out cookies to all of the other patients in the waiting room.
(d) Knit.

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

13. Where are Mr. and Mrs. Turpin?
(a) At the grocery store.
(b) At the state capitol.
(c) At home.
(d) In a doctor’s waiting room.

14. Where do Julian and his mother go on Wednesday nights?
(a) To dinner.
(b) To town.
(c) To church.
(d) To the Y for an exercise class.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Norton and Rufus both interested in?

2. Where is Parker sitting in “Parker’s Back”?

3. What does Julian’s mother wear on the bus?

4. Who does Mr. Head live with?

5. Who does Norton live with?

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