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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. Who takes the turkey from Ruller?
(a) His mother.
(b) The beggar man.
(c) A group of men.
(d) The beggar woman.

2. The barber calls Rayber what name __________.
(a) White Supremacist.
(b) Idiot.
(c) Mother Hubbard.
(d) Segregationist.

3. What is in Ruby’s sack?
(a) Shrimp and grits.
(b) Her Bible.
(c) Spinach.
(d) Four cans of beans.

4. Whom does Mrs. Willerton become in her own story?
(a) Lot’s sister.
(b) Lot’s brother.
(c) She does not become part of her story.
(d) Lot’s wife.

5. What does Enoch Emery borrow from his landlord?
(a) Her rain slicker.
(b) Her umbrella.
(c) Her rain galoshes.
(d) Her rain hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ruller pretending to be?

2. Where does “The Heart of the Park” take place?

3. What does Mrs. Cope suggest once they invade the property?

4. What does Old Gabriel think he can smell?

5. What does the baker accuse the red-haired girl and the blind man of doing in “The Peeler”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the end of “A Circle in the Fire”?

2. Why doesn’t the hitchhiker ride with Mr. Shiflet when he pulls over for him?

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

4. Why is Enoch convinced that he must show Hazel Weaver the mummified man?

5. What does Enoch Emery’s daily routine consist of?

6. How do the boys invade the farm, despite the widow asking them to leave in “A Circle in the Fire”?

7. What is Old Gabriel afraid of besides the wildcat?

8. Why is the man in the gorilla suit irritated with Enoch?

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

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

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