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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Part III - pgs 301 - 350.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the overall tone of Flannery's letters in this section?
(a) Conversational.
(b) Exuberant.
(c) Sullen.
(d) Grieving.

2. Mr. William Sessions becomes a good friend to both Flannery and ______________.
(a) her neighbor.
(b) her publisher.
(c) her sister.
(d) her mother.

3. The letters in this section cover the years of ___________________.
(a) 1959-1960.
(b) 1959-1963.
(c) 1960-1964.
(d) 1963-1966.

4. What does Flannery treat herself to when she completed a first draft of a novel?
(a) Some new records.
(b) A steak dinner.
(c) A new typewriter.
(d) A new dress.

5. At one point Flannery writes that she is being called ___________________.
(a) A prodigy.
(b) A commercial writer.
(c) An amateur.
(d) A hack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Flannery say gave food baskets to the poor?

2. What kind of animal does Flannery want to be run over?

3. Which of the following does Flannery have to manage in her life?

4. Flannery compares her work to which psychiatrist?

5. To whom does Flannery give some criticism on a short story in one of the letters in this section?

(see the answer key)

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