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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 "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 thinks he is superior to Tanner.
(b) He believes the man is racist.
(c) He believes the man cannot understand him.
(d) He believes the man is deaf and dumb.

2. In the story "Revelation," how does the doctor subdue the teenage girl?
(a) He and the nurses hold her down.
(b) He sends her out of the office with her mother.
(c) He straps her to a treatment table.
(d) He injects her with a sedative.

3. In the story "The Enduring Chill," what does Asbury leave for his mother to open when he dies?
(a) A collection of his poems
(b) A present from New York City
(c) The manuscript of his play
(d) A letter written in two notebooks

4. In the story "A View of the Woods," how does Fortune characterize Mary Fortune when she attacks him?
(a) As pure Fortune
(b) As a traitor
(c) As an evil child
(d) As pure Pitts

5. In the story "A View of the Woods," why does Fortune think Mary Fortune allows her father to beat her?
(a) She is a weak child.
(b) She is afraid of her father.
(c) She wants to anger her grandfather.
(d) She respects her father.

Short Answer Questions

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

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 "A View of the Woods," who does Fortune plan to sell the Pitts' lawn lot to?

4. In the story "The Enduring Chill," what job does Mary George hold?

5. In the story "Judgment Day," where does Tanner's daughter find him when she returns home from the grocery store?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In the story "The Enduring Chill," who does Asbury believe is responsible for his failure as an artist? Why?

3. In the story "Revelation," what is the significance of Mrs. Turpin's vision at the end of the story?

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

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

6. In the story "Judgment Day," what is Foley's significance in the community?

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

8. In the story "Revelation," what bothers Mrs. Turpin about the teenage girl?

9. In the story "Parker's Back," how does Parker change as the result of his tattoo of Jesus?

10. Describe O.T. & E.T. Greenleaf from "Greenleaf."

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