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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the profession of Mrs. Willerton’s main character Lot Motum?
(a) A sharecropper.
(b) A locomotive engineer.
(c) A barber.
(d) An Irish potato farmer.

3. What does the upper sleeping berth remind Hazel Wickers of?
(a) A coffin.
(b) His bed.
(c) His mother’s chiffarobe.
(d) His back porch.

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

5. Who does Mr. Shiflit marry?
(a) Lucynell.
(b) The diner waitress.
(c) Lucynell’s daughter.
(d) He does not marry anyone.

6. Whom does Mrs. Willerton become in her own story?
(a) Lot’s wife.
(b) Lot’s sister.
(c) She does not become part of her story.
(d) Lot’s brother.

7. What does the baker accuse the red-haired girl and the blind man of doing in “The Peeler”?
(a) Stealing his customers.
(b) Being an unfit couple.
(c) Heckling him.
(d) Breaking the laws.

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

9. What does the boy in “The River” say his name is (though it isn’t)?
(a) Robbie.
(b) Bevel.
(c) Enoch.
(d) Raybar.

10. How many children are traveling with the grandmother and her son in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

11. In the beginning of “The Barbar”, what is Rayber reminiscing about?
(a) His last meal.
(b) A long walk he had with his wife.
(c) His last shave at the barber.
(d) The church sermon.

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

13. 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.

14. In “The Peeler”, what is the yellow-haired boy’s name?
(a) He isn’t given a name.
(b) Old Gabriel.
(c) Hazel Motes.
(d) Enoch Emery.

15. Who asked Old Dudley if he wanted to go for a walk?
(a) His brother.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His friend.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is General Sash?

2. How old is Sally Poker Sash?

3. What does Mr. Shiflit get running?

4. “The Barber” takes place in which town?

5. How old is Lucynell’s daughter?

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