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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. In the story "Greenleaf," why did Mrs. May move to the farm?
(a) It was the only property she could afford to buy when her husband died.
(b) She and her husband wanted to start a dairy farm.
(c) She wanted to raise her two sons in the country rather than in the city.
(d) It was the only property her husband left her when he died.

2. In the story "Parker's Back," what condition does Sarah Ruth set for telling Parker her name?
(a) She tells him he must not get any more tattoos.
(b) She tells him he must believe in Jesus.
(c) She tells him he must bring peaches to her house.
(d) She tells him he must tell her what his first two initials stand for.

3. In the story "Judgment Day," why does Tanner think the black man in his building does not respond to him when he first speaks to him?
(a) He believes the man is racist.
(b) He believes the man thinks he is superior to Tanner.
(c) He believes the man cannot understand him.
(d) He believes the man is deaf and dumb.

4. In the story "Parker's Back," why does Sarah Ruth throw Parker out of the house?
(a) She is angry that he destroyed his boss' tractor.
(b) She is ashamed of him.
(c) She believes his tattoo is idolatry.
(d) She believes he cannot be saved.

5. In the story "Judgment Day," what does the black actor do the first time Tanner insults him?
(a) Talks to his daughter about Tanner's behavior
(b) Slams him against a wall
(c) Beats him
(d) Pushes him down the stairs

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "Parker's Back," who does Parker believe his wife is jealous of?

2. In the story "A View of the Woods," what does Mary Fortune tell Fortune will happen if he leaves her in the car while he is in Tilman's?

3. In the story "Greenleaf," what does Scofield do for a living?

4. In the story "The Comforts of Home," who kills Thomas' mother?

5. In the story "Judgment Day," why does Tanner decide to go back down South?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the black woman who sits next to Julian on the bus in the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge."

2. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," what does Norton do when looking through the telescope alone at night?

3. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," why is Julian so disgusted with his mother?

4. In the story "Revelation," why does Mrs. Turpin continue to repeat the phrase "there's a heap of things worse than a nigger"?

5. In the story "Judgment Day," what does Foley propose Tanner and Coleman do in exchange for room and board? How does Tanner react?

6. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," how is Rufus' view of the night sky different than Sheppard's?

7. In the story "Parker's Back," what inspires Parker to get his first tattoo?

8. What does the narrator say is the "irony" of the way Julian has turned out in the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge"?

9. In the story "Judgment Day," what does Tanner say will happen on judgment day?

10. Describe Julian's mother's hat in the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge."

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