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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 happens to Mrs. Turpin in the waiting room?
(a) A girl snatches her Bible and rips it in two.
(b) She drops her plate of cookies.
(c) She faints.
(d) An eighteen-year-old girl gets tired of hearing her and finally erupts in a fit, throwing a book at her.

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

3. Where does the stroke happen in “Why Do the Heathen Rage”?
(a) At the doctor’s office.
(b) At the grocery store.
(c) At the state capitol.
(d) At the diner.

4. What does Mary George do for a living?
(a) She does not work because she is a woman.
(b) She is the principal of an elementary school.
(c) She is a playwright.
(d) She is a grocer.

5. What is wrong with Julian’s mother?
(a) She has dementia.
(b) She has cancer.
(c) She can no longer walk.
(d) She is distraught that her son doesn’t live with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Parker have all over the front of his body?

2. What happens to the farm at the end of ”The Displaced Person”?

3. Where do Julian and his mother go on Wednesday nights?

4. Who is Calhoun going to visit?

5. Who does the mother realize Walter’s book is about?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does Calhoun find Singelton?

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

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

7. What is Mrs. Tilman worried about?

8. Why is Parker initially attracted to his wife?

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

10. Why does Calhoun visit his great-aunts?

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