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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who dose Hazel accompany to the dining car?
(a) The porter.
(b) Mrs. Hosen.
(c) His mother.
(d) A woman whom he has been flirting with.

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

3. What was Old Dudley waiting for while looking out the window?
(a) The geranium in his neighbor’s window.
(b) His lunch to finish cooking.
(c) The rain to stop.
(d) The bus to arrive.

4. What does Mrs. Willerton consider herself?
(a) A writer.
(b) An artist.
(c) A poet.
(d) A musician.

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

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. Who is Mrs. Pritchard?

3. In the beginning of “The Barbar”, what is Rayber reminiscing about?

4. What does the upper sleeping berth remind Hazel Wickers of?

5. How is Rufus connected to Ruby?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is O’Connor’s message in “The River”?

2. How is the General dying at the commencement a form of irony?

3. Why is the man in the gorilla suit irritated with Enoch?

4. Why is Ruller so proud to bring the turkey home to his family?

5. Why is Ruller afraid something bad is about to happen?

6. Why is it ironic that the young boy’s parents are going to the river to the baptisms in “The River”?

7. Why does Ruby dread Rufus’s arrival?

8. What does Enoch Emery’s daily routine consist of?

9. Why does Hazel Wickers keep thinking about his mother?

10. Why doesn’t Hazel Wickers believe that the porter’s father was a railroad engineer?

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