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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. Who does Thomas’s mother help?
(a) A girl who was thrown in jail for bouncing a check.
(b) The church people.
(c) Her neighbors who are ill with influenza.
(d) Thomas.

2. How many children do Mr. and Mrs. Greenleaf have?
(a) Five.
(b) Eight.
(c) Two.
(d) No children.

3. Where does Rufus Johnson go to live once he’s released from the reformatory?
(a) With Sheppard and Norton.
(b) To his grandparents.
(c) With his parents.
(d) In the apartment above the grocer’s.

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

5. What does Mrs. Turpin do in the waiting room?
(a) Prattles on and on, boring and irritating all of the others that are waiting.
(b) Read her Bible murmuring prayers under her breath.
(c) Knit.
(d) Passes out cookies to all of the other patients in the waiting room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mrs. Hopewell live with?

2. What happened to Norton’s mother?

3. Where does Calhoun find them when he arrives to visit someone in “The Partridge Festival”?

4. What room does the girl in “The Comforts of Home” stay in?

5. What does Mrs. May see out her window?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Parker initially attracted to his wife?

2. What happens to Mr. Tilman?

3. Why does Thomas hide the gun in the guest room?

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

5. What does Julian find embarrassing about his mother?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Mrs. Turpin do in the waiting room?

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