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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who’s cabin does Mr. Shiflit walk to?
(a) Lucynell Carter’s.
(b) His mother’s.
(c) His sister’s.
(d) Emma Macabee’s.

3. What does Emery order at the diner in “Enoch and the Gorilla”?
(a) Pork chops.
(b) Coffee and pie.
(c) Chicken-fried steak.
(d) A piece of cake.

4. What war did General Sash serve in?
(a) The War Between the States.
(b) The Revolutionary War.
(c) The Great War.
(d) The Vietnam War.

5. How old is the boy in “The River”?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) An infant.
(d) 8.

6. Whose perspective is “The Crop” told in?
(a) Garner’s.
(b) Lot Motum’s.
(c) Mrs. Willteron’s.
(d) Lucia’s.

7. Who reappears in “The Heart of the Park”?
(a) Old Gabriel.
(b) Enoch Emery.
(c) Mrs. Willerton.
(d) Hazel Motes.

8. What does Mr. Shiflit get running?
(a) The tractor.
(b) The generator.
(c) The icebox.
(d) The old car.

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

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

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

12. What does Enoch Emery discover inside the museum?
(a) A woman he likes to watch.
(b) A glass case with a handwritten card inside of it and mummified man.
(c) Urns.
(d) Mysterious calligraphic writing.

13. Ruby’s physical shape is compared to a ________?
(a) Funeral urn.
(b) Reed.
(c) Raisin.
(d) Hog.

14. What is wrong with Lucynell’s daughter?
(a) She is blind.
(b) She is deaf.
(c) She cannot walk.
(d) She is mentally retarded and cannot speak.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Old Dudley living?

2. Who is John Wesley?

3. What is Ruller pretending to be?

4. Who does Old Dudley live with?

5. What does Hazel Motes purchase from the baker?

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