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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 Asbury do that is strictly against his mother’s rules?
(a) Take ladies for the night.
(b) Drink beer.
(c) Sip freshly drawn milk and smoke.
(d) Curse.

2. Where does the stroke happen in “Why Do the Heathen Rage”?
(a) At the grocery store.
(b) At the diner.
(c) At the state capitol.
(d) At the doctor’s office.

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

4. Where is Parker sitting in “Parker’s Back”?
(a) In his truck.
(b) On his front porch.
(c) On his back porch.
(d) In the kitchen.

5. Where do Mary and her family live in “A View of the Woods”?
(a) On the farm next to her grandfather.
(b) In the city.
(c) On the farm with her grandfather.
(d) Across town from her grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Julian and his mother go on Wednesday nights?

2. What animals does Mrs. Turpin water at the end of “Revelation”?

3. Who does Norton live with?

4. How old is Mr. Head?

5. What is Calhoun interested in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the cause of Mrs. McIntyre’s poor decision-making?

2. In what capacity does the grandson in “The Artificial Nigger” lose some of his self-assuredness?

3. Where does Calhoun find Singelton?

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

5. What does Julian find embarrassing about his mother?

6. What does Rufus do to the neighbors?

7. What happens to Mr. Tilman?

8. Why does Calhoun visit his great-aunts?

9. Who is supposed to shoot the bull in “Greanleaf”?

10. Why is Mary George irritated with her brother?

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