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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 many grandchildren are in “A View of the Woods”?
(a) There are no grandchildren in this story.
(b) Ten.
(c) Seven.
(d) Fourteen.

2. Where do the two fourteen year-old girls in “A Temple of the Holy Ghost” attend school?
(a) The local public school.
(b) They no longer attend school.
(c) The local Catholic convent.
(d) In Mobile.

3. Where does Calhoun find them when he arrives to visit someone in “The Partridge Festival”?
(a) Bathing at the river.
(b) Cooking dinner.
(c) Grocery shopping.
(d) Sitting on the front porch.

4. What room does the girl in “The Comforts of Home” stay in?
(a) The living room.
(b) Thomas’s mother’s room.
(c) Thomas’s room.
(d) The guest room.

5. Who does Thomas accidentally shoot?
(a) His mother.
(b) The girl.
(c) The sheriff.
(d) Himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much education does Joy have?

2. Where are Mr. and Mrs. Turpin?

3. What are Norton and Rufus both interested in?

4. Where is Asbury going?

5. Where is Parker sitting in “Parker’s Back”?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Calhoun visit his great-aunts?

2. How does the old man wish to be buried in “You Can’t Be Any Poorer Than Dead”?

3. Where does Calhoun find Singelton?

4. How are the two teenage girls in “A Temple of the Holy Ghost” hypocritical?

5. How does O’Connor get her title for “The Comforts of Home”?

6. Why does Julian accompany his mother on the bus?

7. Under what assumption does the daughter in “Good Country People” and mother trust the Bible salesman?

8. Why does the conman steal the daughter’s artificial leg?

9. Why is Parker initially attracted to his wife?

10. Who is supposed to shoot the bull in “Greanleaf”?

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