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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. How old is the boy in “The River”?
(a) An infant.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

2. Where does “The Heart of the Park” take place?
(a) On a farm.
(b) The zoo.
(c) In front of a theater.
(d) A public park.

3. In “The Peeler”, what is the yellow-haired boy’s name?
(a) Old Gabriel.
(b) Hazel Motes.
(c) Enoch Emery.
(d) He isn’t given a name.

4. Where is Old Dudley living?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) New York.

5. What is wrong with Lucynell’s daughter?
(a) She is deaf.
(b) She is mentally retarded and cannot speak.
(c) She cannot walk.
(d) She is blind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is John Wesley?

2. After the family rolls their car in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, what do the men in the passing car have?

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

4. How old is Sally Poker Sash?

5. What does Mrs. Cope offer the teenage boys?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Hazel Motes reluctant to befriend Enoch Emery?

2. How does O’Connor use foreshadowing in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”?

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

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

5. How does Mr. Shiflet convince the widow of his sincerity?

6. Why is Ruller so proud to bring the turkey home to his family?

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

8. What does Old Dudley think about New York?

9. Why doesn’t the grandmother want to drive through Georgia in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”?

10. How is the General dying at the commencement a form of irony?

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