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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 has been Mrs. Willerton’s job for over 50 years?
(a) To crumb the table after a meal.
(b) To hang the laundry.
(c) To sweep the kitchen.
(d) To do the dishes.

2. In “The Train”, what doesn’t the upper sleeping berth have?
(a) A window.
(b) Sheets.
(c) Access to the restroom.
(d) A blanket.

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

4. Where does Rufus return home from?
(a) The armed forces.
(b) Boarding school.
(c) A reformatory.
(d) Work overseas.

5. What war did General Sash serve in?
(a) The Revolutionary War.
(b) The Great War.
(c) The War Between the States.
(d) The Vietnam War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Ruller give a dime to?

2. Emery discovers what about the gorilla?

3. What does Enoch Emery borrow from his landlord?

4. Where is Hazel Wickers expecting to sleep on the train?

5. In “The Peeler”, what is the yellow-haired boy’s name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Leora?

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

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

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

7. Why does Enoch steal the gorilla suit?

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

9. What does Mrs. Willerton wish that she had more time for?

10. Though General Sash does not want to go to his granddaughter’s graduation, why does he agree to anyhow?

(see the answer keys)

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