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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 is true about Flannery O'Connor?
(a) All of these.
(b) She was famous.
(c) She lived on a Southern farm.
(d) She never married.

2. When Louise gets drunk she insists on ______________________.
(a) Polishing the sink with silver polish.
(b) Singing to everyone she sees.
(c) Dancing nude.
(d) Making prank phone calls.

3. What is the title of this section?
(a) The Last Year, 1964.
(b) The Best Years of our Lives.
(c) The Year That Was.
(d) The Last of the Best.

4. With whom did Flannery live for the last months of her life?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her fiance.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her mother.

5. In what visible way is Flannery's mother different from Flannery?
(a) She has red hair.
(b) She is moody.
(c) She is illiterate.
(d) She is very active.

6. What is Flannery's writing style regarding how the piece will extend?
(a) She does exhaustive character research.
(b) She graphs the plot via a timeline.
(c) She just starts writing.
(d) She prepares a detailed outline.

7. Flannery writes that her very old family members creak like _____________________.
(a) Old wood floors.
(b) A rusty gate.
(c) A rusty door hinge.
(d) Old rocking chairs.

8. Who is the new person to whom Flannery writes in 1962?
(a) Charlotte Gafford.
(b) Charlotte Garrison.
(c) Charlotte Grey.
(d) Charlotte Greves.

9. What is Flannery's mother doing while Flannery writes a letter to Cecil Dawkins.
(a) Feeding chickens.
(b) Fixing water pipes.
(c) Washing the car.
(d) Hanging out laundry.

10. What is the title of this section?
(a) The Sun Also Rises.
(b) The Violent Bear it Away.
(c) Something Wicked This Way Comes.
(d) The Peacock Blues.

11. Who wins the National Book Award in this section?
(a) Walker Percy.
(b) Flannery O'Connor.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Truman Capote.

12. Flannery is told that _________________ is the character with whom most readers identify in A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND.
(a) The nun.
(b) The traveling salesman.
(c) The chef.
(d) The Grandmother.

13. In the last letter she ever wrote, Flannery uses the salutation of "Dear Raybat" and the closing of _______________.
(a) "Cheers, Tarfunk".
(b) "See you on the other side".
(c) "Love you always, Tartuffe".
(d) "Sincerely, Tazmanian".

14. What does Flannery do when she feels better?
(a) Goes sailing.
(b) Walks to town.
(c) Writes as much as she can.
(d) Rides her horse.

15. Louise is ill and visits the doctor for the first time at the age of ____________.
(a) 35.
(b) 43.
(c) 27.
(d) 56.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has emerged from the letters Flannery has written so far?

2. What medical procedure does Flannery have coming up?

3. What health improvement does Flannery have in February of 1964?

4. During her adult life, Flannery found respite in fresh air and _________________.

5. Who does Flannery note has been drunk for the past two Mondays?

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