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

2. What does Dr. Block tell Asbury?
(a) That he is dying.
(b) That his mother is not dying.
(c) That he is not a genius.
(d) That he is not dying.

3. How does the girl in “The Comforts of Home” treat Thomas?
(a) She dotes on him.
(b) She mocks him.
(c) She follows him around.
(d) She ignores him.

4. Who does Mrs. McIntyre decide to fire?
(a) Mrs. Shortley.
(b) The priest.
(c) No one.
(d) Mr. Shortley.

5. Where do Julian and his mother go on Wednesday nights?
(a) To the Y for an exercise class.
(b) To dinner.
(c) To church.
(d) To town.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Mr. Head and his grandson forget on the train?

3. Who does Mr. Head live with?

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

5. What happened to Claud’s leg?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Calhoun visit his great-aunts?

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

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

4. Why does Mrs. May want the bull removed from her pasture?

5. What happens to Mary Fortune?

6. What is Mrs. Tilman worried about?

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

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

9. What does Rufus do to the neighbors?

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

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