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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Flannery have to manage in her life?
(a) Delicate constitution.
(b) Weak resistance to injury and illness.
(c) All of these.
(d) Lack of vigor.

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

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

4. When discussing religious cultural differences, Flannery notes the problem of evil and ___________.
(a) Greed.
(b) Good.
(c) Charity.
(d) Salvation.

5. What is the name of the house where Flannery lives?
(a) Andalusia.
(b) Arborside.
(c) Appaloosa.
(d) Anastasia.

6. What medicine does Flannery suggest Cecil Dawson take?
(a) Antibiotic.
(b) Cough medicine.
(c) Tylenol.
(d) Aspirin.

7. Flannery employs _____________ dialect and slang in her letter about The Kenyon Review.
(a) Tennessee.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Virginia.

8. How old was Flannery when she moved to her mother's birthplace in Milledgeville, Georgia?
(a) 16.
(b) 7.
(c) 12.
(d) 2.

9. In what city does Flannery visit with Mr. and Mrs. Rumsey Haynes?
(a) Columbus, Ohio.
(b) Atlanta, Georgia.
(c) Lansing, Michigan.
(d) San Diego, California.

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

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

12. In Georgia there are a lot of Americans with __________ surnames.
(a) Italian.
(b) Hyphenated.
(c) Celtic.
(d) German.

13. Even though Flannery lives in a rural area, she ____________________.
(a) Is not going to stay there.
(b) Has New York sensibilities.
(c) Cannot wait to leave.
(d) Knows the city.

14. Who is one of Flannery's earliest contacts?
(a) Lauren McGee.
(b) Annie McKee.
(c) Sally Ann McBride.
(d) Elizabeth McKee.

15. What is Flannery's religious affiliation?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Baptist.
(c) Methodist.
(d) Jewish.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Flannery think young writers should be treated?

2. Which is one of the first publications to pay Flannery for her writing?

3. How many letters are included in Part 3?

4. In the first letter of this section Flannery writes about her characters and _______________.

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

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