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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Everything that Rises Must Converge.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What disappoints Old Dudley at the end of the story?
(a) The geranium is not in the window.
(b) His friends never visit him anymore.
(c) He burned the roast he was cooking.
(d) He dislikes his bedroom.

3. The barber calls Rayber what name __________.
(a) Idiot.
(b) Mother Hubbard.
(c) Segregationist.
(d) White Supremacist.

4. Who finds out about who Mrs. McIntyre intends to fire before it is done in “The Displaced Person”?
(a) Mrs. Shortley.
(b) Mr. McIntyre.
(c) Mr. Shortley.
(d) The priest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Mr. and Mrs. Greenleaf?

2. Whom does Ruller give a dime to?

3. Who does Mrs. Hopewell live with?

4. Where do the girls in “A Temple of the Holy Ghost” go with the boys on a date?

5. What does Dr. Block tell Asbury?

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