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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Norton and Rufus both interested in?
(a) Football.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Botany.

2. Where do Mary and her family live in “A View of the Woods”?
(a) Across town from her grandfather.
(b) On the farm with her grandfather.
(c) On the farm next to her grandfather.
(d) In the city.

3. What do the teenagers on a date in “A Temple of the Holy Ghost” see in the “freak show” tent?
(a) A bearded lady.
(b) A hermaphrodite.
(c) A giant man.
(d) A little person.

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

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

6. Who does Julian live with?
(a) His sister.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His mother.

7. Who comes to the front door in “Good Country People”?
(a) No one comes to the front door.
(b) Nelson, the milkman
(c) A Bible salesman.
(d) The Freemans.

8. Who tries to get Francis to live with him after he is orphaned?
(a) His schoolteacher.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) The neighbors.

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

10. Who does Norton live with?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) Nelson, his brother.
(d) Nella, his sister.

11. What happens to Mrs. Shortley?
(a) She has a massive stroke.
(b) She runs away.
(c) She breaks her leg.
(d) She has a heart attack.

12. Who is disgusted with Asbury?
(a) The professor.
(b) His sister, Mary George.
(c) The priest.
(d) His mother, Emme Lee.

13. What does Parker have all over the front of his body?
(a) A burn.
(b) A rash.
(c) Hair.
(d) Tattoos.

14. What does Asbury do that is strictly against his mother’s rules?
(a) Sip freshly drawn milk and smoke.
(b) Take ladies for the night.
(c) Curse.
(d) Drink beer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the bull in “Greenleaf” kill?

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

3. What is being built next to the grandfather’s property in “A View of the Woods”?

4. How many children do Mr. and Mrs. Greenleaf have?

5. What does Mrs. May see out her window?

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