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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Madam Zoleeda tell Ruby?
(a) That Rufus is “good for nothin”.
(b) That she doesn’t like collard greens.
(c) That she is sick.
(d) That Ruby owes her money.

2. How many customers are in the diner in “Enoch and the Gorilla”?
(a) There is no one in the diner.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) The diner is full.

3. Who is Mrs. Cope?
(a) The neighbor.
(b) The owner of the farm.
(c) The hired-hand’s wife.
(d) The grandmother of the farm owner.

4. How old is General Sash?
(a) 70.
(b) 87.
(c) 104.
(d) 54.

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

6. Why doesn’t the grandmother in “A Good Man is Hard to Find” want to drive through Georgia?
(a) Her family is buried there.
(b) It is not in the direction that they need to go.
(c) A convict named the “Misfit” has escaped from the local penitentiary.
(d) She doesn’t like the heat.

7. Who helps Old Dudley up the stairs?
(a) The apartment concierge.
(b) The black man who is renting the apartment next to Old Dudley’s.
(c) His daughter when she returns home from work.
(d) The taxi driver.

8. What does Mrs. Cope offer the teenage boys?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Crackers.
(c) Sweet tea.
(d) Beer.

9. What animal comes to Old Gabriel’s cabin?
(a) A stray dog.
(b) A house cat.
(c) A cow.
(d) A wildcat.

10. How old is Hazel Wickers?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Ten.

11. Who tries to befriend Hazel Motes?
(a) The baker.
(b) The red-haired girl.
(c) Enoch Emery.
(d) The blind man.

12. What do the boys do in the woods behind the farm in “A Circle in the Fire”?
(a) Swim in the water tank and then start a fire.
(b) Kills farm animals.
(c) Run away.
(d) Dig a hole.

13. How old is Lucynell’s daughter?
(a) 45.
(b) 18.
(c) 55.
(d) 30.

14. Where does “The Heart of the Park” take place?
(a) A public park.
(b) The zoo.
(c) On a farm.
(d) In front of a theater.

15. How old is Ruller?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Six.
(d) Fifteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the family rolls their car in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, what do the men in the passing car have?

2. Where is Old Dudley living?

3. Who’s cabin does Mr. Shiflit walk to?

4. Who returns from hunting in the short story “Wildcat”?

5. Where does Emery go for something to eat in “Enoch and the Gorilla”?

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