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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 "The Comforts of Home," what does Thomas ask the sheriff to do?
(a) Arrest her
(b) Issue a restraining order against Star
(c) Set Star up so she will be sent to jail
(d) Search Star's room for his stolen gun

2. In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," why must Julian's mother go to the Y each week?
(a) She is attending a seminar on race relations.
(b) She is working out in their exercise facility.
(c) Her doctor has entered her in a weight loss class there.
(d) Her doctor has entered her in a stress management program there.

3. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," how does Rufus initially respond to Sheppard's interest in him?
(a) He is eager to befriend Sheppard.
(b) He is resistant.
(c) He is silent.
(d) He runs away.

4. In the story "Revelation," what does the white-trash woman propose doing to all black people?
(a) Hiring them as farm hands
(b) Making them slaves again
(c) Treating them equally
(d) Sending them back to Africa

5. In the story "The Enduring Chill," how do Randall and Morgan react when they see Asbury?
(a) They tell him he looks like he is going to die.
(b) They are shocked by how sickly he looks.
(c) They are pleased to see their old friend.
(d) They tell him he looks healthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "A View of the Woods," which of the following is not an aspect of Tilman's business?

2. In the story "Revelation," how does the doctor subdue the teenage girl?

3. In the story "The Comforts of Home," why is Star jailed?

4. In "The Lame Shall Enter First," why does Sheppard invite Rufus to live with he and Norton?

5. In the story "Greenleaf," what bothers Mrs. May about Mrs. Greenleaf?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the story "Greenleaf," how do the Greenleafs come to live on the May farm?

2. In the story "Judgment Day," what is the only time that Tanner has "feelings of warmth" for his daughter?

3. Describe the character of Pitts in the story "A View of the Woods."

4. At the end of the story "The Comforts of Home," what does the sheriff surmise actually happened to Thomas' mother?

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

6. Describe Star's fictitious background in the story "The Comforts of Home."

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

8. In the story "Judgment Day," how do Tanner's and his daughter's views on burial differ?

9. In the story "The Comforts of Home," what does Thomas' mother do to help Star?

10. What is the significance of Julian's mother's hat in the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge"?

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