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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At one point Flannery writes that she is being called ___________________.
(a) A hack.
(b) A commercial writer.
(c) An amateur.
(d) A prodigy.

2. What type of parades does Flannery mention in this section?
(a) St. Patrick's Day.
(b) Rose Bowl.
(c) Macy's.
(d) Halloween.

3. Flannery is excellently educated in regard to which of the following?
(a) All of these.
(b) Her gender.
(c) Her country.
(d) Her time period.

4. What does Flannery need to do in order to pass her Driver's Test?
(a) Get a tutor.
(b) Buy a car.
(c) Study more.
(d) Practice more.

5. In what city was Flannery O'Connor born?
(a) Albany, Georgia.
(b) Macon, Georgia.
(c) Milledgeville, Georgia.
(d) Savannah, Georgia.

6. How old was Flannery when she moved to her mother's birthplace in Milledgeville, Georgia?
(a) 2.
(b) 16.
(c) 7.
(d) 12.

7. What is the purpose of the Editorial Note?
(a) To provide guidelines.
(b) To cite references.
(c) To ask for donations.
(d) To express appreciation.

8. Flannery comments on a woman who reads the existentialists and claims to have lost her __________________.
(a) Judgmentalism.
(b) Sense of humor.
(c) Homosexuality.
(d) Mind.

9. What does Flannery use for painting?
(a) Feathers.
(b) Popsicle sticks.
(c) Table knife.
(d) Palette knife.

10. What publishing company is Catharine Carver leaving?
(a) Random House.
(b) Red Lion.
(c) Harcourt Brace.
(d) Simon & Schuster.

11. To whom is appreciation expressed in the Editorial Note?
(a) People who made the book possible.
(b) The people of Milledgeville.
(c) Flannery O'Connor.
(d) O'Connor's mother.

12. What is the name of the artists' retreat where Flannery spent time?
(a) Yellow Sky.
(b) Yahoo.
(c) Yearnings.
(d) Yaddo.

13. What is distinctive about Flannery's illness?
(a) It comes and goes.
(b) It is contagious.
(c) It is curable.
(d) It is cancerous.

14. From where were some of O'Connor's letters taken?
(a) Her first poetry book.
(b) Her doctoral thesis.
(c) Her college papers.
(d) Her girlhood diaries.

15. How old was Flannery when her father died?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Flannery's religious affiliation?

2. What years are covered in Part I: Up North and Getting Home?

3. At what did Flannery say she failed during this section?

4. Flannery's critics say that she _________________________.

5. Flannery's letters in this section are ________________.

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