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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. In “A Circle in the Fire,” who is always looking out from the upstairs window?
(a) Mrs. Cope’s 12-year-old daughter.
(b) Mrs. Cope.
(c) Mrs. Pritchard.
(d) Mr. Cope.

2. What do the boys do in the woods behind the farm in “A Circle in the Fire”?
(a) Kills farm animals.
(b) Run away.
(c) Swim in the water tank and then start a fire.
(d) Dig a hole.

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

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

5. Where is Hazel Wickers expecting to sleep on the train?
(a) In a first-class seat.
(b) A lower berth.
(c) In a coach seat.
(d) An upper berth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children are traveling with the grandmother and her son in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”?

2. Whose perspective is “The Crop” told in?

3. How old is General Sash?

4. What is the profession of Mrs. Willerton’s main character Lot Motum?

5. Where does Rufus return home from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Leora?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who is Rabie?

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

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

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

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