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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Hazel Wickers expecting to sleep on the train?
(a) A lower berth.
(b) In a first-class seat.
(c) In a coach seat.
(d) An upper berth.

2. What happens to General Sash during the ceremony?
(a) He dies.
(b) He refuses to go.
(c) He walks onstage.
(d) He cries.

3. What has been Mrs. Willerton’s job for over 50 years?
(a) To hang the laundry.
(b) To sweep the kitchen.
(c) To do the dishes.
(d) To crumb the table after a meal.

4. After the family rolls their car in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, what do the men in the passing car have?
(a) A tow truck.
(b) Food.
(c) Guns.
(d) Water.

5. What does Hazel Motes purchase from the baker?
(a) Dough.
(b) Bread.
(c) A potato peeler.
(d) Potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Mrs. Willerton become in her own story?

2. Where are the characters going when “A Good Man is Hard to Find” opens?

3. Where does Rufus return home from?

4. In “The Peeler”, what is the yellow-haired boy’s name?

5. What does the boy in “The River” say his name is (though it isn’t)?

(see the answer key)

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