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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does the mother realize Walter’s book is about?
(a) The Disciples.
(b) Jesus.
(c) satan.
(d) Judas.

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

5. 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.

6. What is Calhoun interested in?
(a) Fire.
(b) Enoch the gorilla.
(c) The Partridge Festival.
(d) Comic books.

7. What does Sheppard buy the boys?
(a) A football.
(b) Fishing poles.
(c) A telescope.
(d) A greenhouse.

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

9. What or whom is Parker looking at?
(a) His pregnant wife.
(b) Jesus.
(c) His dog.
(d) His rifle.

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

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

12. What happened to Norton’s mother?
(a) She was left by Norton’s father.
(b) She was burned and is not in a wheel chair.
(c) Nothing happened to Norton’s mother.
(d) She died a little over a year ago.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals does Mrs. Turpin water at the end of “Revelation”?

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

3. What does Mrs. Greenleaf do with the articles she cuts out from the newspaper?

4. Who comes to the front door in “Good Country People”?

5. What does the doctor want Julian’s mother to do?

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