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

2. What happened to Claud’s leg?
(a) It got caught in a tractor turbine.
(b) One of the cows kicked him in the shin.
(c) He fell off of his bicycle.
(d) He has the gout.

3. How many children do Mr. and Mrs. Greenleaf have?
(a) Two.
(b) No children.
(c) Eight.
(d) Five.

4. What or whom is Parker looking at?
(a) Jesus.
(b) His rifle.
(c) His dog.
(d) His pregnant wife.

5. From what age has Mr. Head reared his grandson?
(a) One.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rufus Johnson go to live once he’s released from the reformatory?

2. How old is Asbury?

3. Who does Mr. Head live with?

4. Where does Sheppard work on Saturdays?

5. What do Mr. Head and his grandson forget on the train?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Julian find embarrassing about his mother?

2. Why is Mary George irritated with her brother?

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

4. Why does the conman steal the daughter’s artificial leg?

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

6. Why does Mrs. May want the bull removed from her pasture?

7. What is Mrs. Tilman worried about?

8. Where does Calhoun find Singelton?

9. What happens to Mary Fortune?

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

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