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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Flannery's first novel?
(a) In Cold Blood.
(b) First Blood.
(c) Blood Moon.
(d) Wise Blood.

2. What kind of animal does Flannery want to be run over?
(a) Skunk.
(b) Dog.
(c) Cat.
(d) Squirrel.

3. What fowl dish does Flannery's mother cook in this section?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Goose.
(c) Duck.
(d) Guinea hen.

4. Why is Flannery typical of the people in her hometown?
(a) She is a Georgia native.
(b) She has a Celtic surname.
(c) She is a Catholic.
(d) She has small town values.

5. What does Flannery tell Cecil Dawson to do with rejection slips?
(a) Make grocery lists on them.
(b) Make paper airplanes out of them.
(c) Ignore them.
(d) Line a bird cage with them.

6. What publishing company is Catharine Carver leaving?
(a) Simon & Schuster.
(b) Random House.
(c) Harcourt Brace.
(d) Red Lion.

7. In what year was Flannery O'Connor born?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1925.

8. What is the purpose of the Editorial Note?
(a) To ask for donations.
(b) To express appreciation.
(c) To cite references.
(d) To provide guidelines.

9. With whom had Flannery lived at the beginning of her career?
(a) The Fitzgeralds.
(b) The Hemingways.
(c) The Capotes.
(d) The Williams'.

10. What is the title of Flannery's first story published in a magazine?
(a) The Geranium.
(b) Hook, Line and Sinker.
(c) Peacock Blues.
(d) Mr. Lincoln.

11. The spelling of whose name is questioned in this section?
(a) Truman Capote's.
(b) Catharine Carver's.
(c) Preston Schumacher's.
(d) Sally Fitzgerald's.

12. Who is the publisher with whom Flannery works the most?
(a) Catharine Carver.
(b) Phineas Simon.
(c) Annette Hall.
(d) James Harcourt.

13. With what disease is Flannery diagnosed?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Lupus.
(d) Diabetes.

14. In addition to theology, Flannery also discusses __________ in the letters in this section.
(a) Culture.
(b) Psychiatry.
(c) Politics.
(d) Philosophy.

15. Flannery is advised not to have her work published in ____________ in the 1950s.
(a) Germany.
(b) Russia.
(c) Italy.
(d) Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does Flannery NOT send letters in this section?

2. Where did Flannery attend a school for writers after college graduation?

3. Fitzgerald says that the letters provide _____________________.

4. Flannery compares her work to which psychiatrist?

5. How many letters are included in Part 3?

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