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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the baker accuse the red-haired girl and the blind man of doing in “The Peeler”?
(a) Heckling him.
(b) Breaking the laws.
(c) Stealing his customers.
(d) Being an unfit couple.

2. What does the grandmother have hiding under the newspaper in the backseat in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”?
(a) Her cat.
(b) Her rosary beads.
(c) A flask.
(d) Her dog.

3. What does Mr. Shiflit get running?
(a) The old car.
(b) The tractor.
(c) The icebox.
(d) The generator.

4. Who returns from hunting in the short story “Wildcat”?
(a) The wildcat.
(b) Four young black men.
(c) Old Gabriel.
(d) The men and women in the community.

5. In the beginning of “The Barbar”, what is Rayber reminiscing about?
(a) His last meal.
(b) His last shave at the barber.
(c) A long walk he had with his wife.
(d) The church sermon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the boy in “The River”?

2. How is Rufus connected to Ruby?

3. Where are the characters going when “A Good Man is Hard to Find” opens?

4. What is in Ruby’s sack?

5. In “The Train”, what doesn’t the upper sleeping berth have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hazel Wickers keep thinking about his mother?

2. What does Old Dudley think about New York?

3. Who is Leora?

4. Why is Ruller afraid something bad is about to happen?

5. Why does Rayber change barbers?

6. How does Mrs. Willerton feel about her daily life?

7. Why is it ironic that the young boy’s parents are going to the river to the baptisms in “The River”?

8. Why does Rayber’s old barber call him a “mother hubbard”?

9. Who is Rabie?

10. What dismays Ruby about Rufus choosing collard greens as his something “special” that she will make for him?

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