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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Comforts of Home.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What room does the girl in “The Comforts of Home” stay in?
(a) Thomas’s room.
(b) Thomas’s mother’s room.
(c) The guest room.
(d) The living room.

2. Who believes that Thomas and the girl were scheming all along to kill his mother?
(a) The church people.
(b) His mother.
(c) The neighbors.
(d) The sheriff.

3. Who is Mrs. Shortley?
(a) The displaced person.
(b) The wife of the hired hand.
(c) The farm owner.
(d) A widow.

4. Who does Thomas’s mother help?
(a) Thomas.
(b) The church people.
(c) Her neighbors who are ill with influenza.
(d) A girl who was thrown in jail for bouncing a check.

5. Who does Thomas accidentally shoot?
(a) Himself.
(b) His mother.
(c) The girl.
(d) The sheriff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finds out about who Mrs. McIntyre intends to fire before it is done in “The Displaced Person”?

2. Who reappears in “The Heart of the Park”?

3. Who does Thomas live with?

4. Where does “The Heart of the Park” take place?

5. How old is Thomas?

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