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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 does Flannery note that she sees that seems gruesome at first?
(a) Chain saws.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Body parts.
(d) Lots of blood.

2. What medical procedure does Flannery have coming up?
(a) Carpal Tunnel surgery.
(b) Gallbladder surgery.
(c) Facelift.
(d) Blood transfusion.

3. What is the name for the corrected manuscripts that Flannery returned to her publisher?
(a) Flats.
(b) Galleys.
(c) Margins.
(d) Tear sheets.

4. When Flannery calls one of Cecil's friends a "pusson" what does she mean?
(a) Pushover.
(b) Person.
(c) Sourpuss.
(d) Pushy.

5. On the last day of ___________ Flannery writes to Janet McKane to tell her that she is ill.
(a) 1966.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1963.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of this section?

2. Whose work does Flannery respect a great deal?

3. Flannery wrote her last letter __________________ prior to her death.

4. What is the problem with one of Flannery's stories published in a textbook?

5. What did Flannery's mother do with the last letter Flannery wrote?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Flannery's health as the year 1963 comes to a close?

2. What fear about her book does Flannery share in a letter in this section?

3. What has become evident about the information Flannery shares with her different friends?

4. What does Flannery write about conversion to her friend, "A?"

5. How does Flannery describe a teaching assignment to Cecil?

6. What is the nature of the book on which Flannery plans to focus this year?

7. Which are the main topics Flannery consistently addresses in her letters?

8. What is unusual about Flannery's friend, Louise's, visit to a doctor for the flu?

9. Explain Sally Fitzgerald's suggestion of why Flannery is working so diligently at this point in her life?

10. What is known about the last letter Flannery ever wrote?

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