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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. What does Parker have on his back by the end of “Parker’s Back”?
(a) A rash.
(b) Hair.
(c) A tattoo of Jesus Christ.
(d) A tattoo of wife and son.

2. How old is the grandfather in “A View of the Woods”?
(a) 50 years old.
(b) 79 years old.
(c) 55 years old.
(d) 43 years old.

3. What does Sheppard buy the boys?
(a) A greenhouse.
(b) A football.
(c) A telescope.
(d) Fishing poles.

4. What animals does Mrs. Turpin water at the end of “Revelation”?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Horses.
(c) Cows.
(d) Goats.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dies in the beginning of “You Can’t Be Any Poorer Than Dead”?

2. Who does Thomas live with?

3. Besides her name and illness, what else does the girl fake in “The Comforts of Home”?

4. What does Mrs. Turpin do in the waiting room?

5. Who does Thomas’s mother help?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the college girl in “Revelation” have a seizure?

2. Which character has the keenest sense of observation in “A Temple of the Holy Ghost”?

3. Why is Mary George irritated with her brother?

4. Why does Julian accompany his mother on the bus?

5. Where does Calhoun find Singelton?

6. How does the old man wish to be buried in “You Can’t Be Any Poorer Than Dead”?

7. What happens at the end of “The Displaced Person”? How is it an example of irony?

8. Why does Thomas hide the gun in the guest room?

9. Why does the grandfather in “A View of the Woods” sell parcels of his land?

10. Why is Parker initially attracted to his wife?

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