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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 grandfather in “A View of the Woods”?
(a) 50 years old.
(b) 55 years old.
(c) 43 years old.
(d) 79 years old.

2. What happened to Claud’s leg?
(a) He fell off of his bicycle.
(b) It got caught in a tractor turbine.
(c) He has the gout.
(d) One of the cows kicked him in the shin.

3. Where do the girls in “A Temple of the Holy Ghost” go with the boys on a date?
(a) To a diner.
(b) To the fair.
(c) To the movies.
(d) To the roller-rink.

4. Who does Julian live with?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His sister.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His mother.

5. How much education does Joy have?
(a) A college education.
(b) Secondary school education.
(c) She has a PhD.
(d) An elementary school education.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mrs. McIntyre decide to fire?

2. In “Good Country People”, who are the Freeman’s?

3. What is wrong with Julian’s mother?

4. Who dies in the beginning of “You Can’t Be Any Poorer Than Dead”?

5. What does Francis Tarwater do to the cabin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the end of “The Displaced Person”? How is it an example of irony?

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

3. Why doesn’t the grandson in “The Artificial Nigger” ever want to travel to the city again?

4. Why does the college girl in “Revelation” have a seizure?

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

6. Why does the grandfather in “A View of the Woods” sell parcels of his land?

7. Which character has the keenest sense of observation in “A Temple of the Holy Ghost”?

8. Why does Asbury ask his mother to call for the priest?

9. Why is Mary George irritated with her brother?

10. What happens to Mr. Tilman?

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