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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Flannery do when she feels better?
(a) Writes as much as she can.
(b) Rides her horse.
(c) Goes sailing.
(d) Walks to town.

2. During her adult life, Flannery found respite in fresh air and _________________.
(a) Movies.
(b) Farm animals.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Gardening.

3. What does Flannery show no indication of pursuing or hoping for?
(a) Health.
(b) Romance.
(c) Salvation.
(d) Wealth.

4. Sally's comments influence the reader to understand that Flannery will work a lot more __________________.
(a) To get as much money as possible.
(b) While she can.
(c) Which is what she wants.
(d) Than she wants.

5. Who is the new person to whom Flannery writes in 1962?
(a) Charlotte Grey.
(b) Charlotte Greves.
(c) Charlotte Gafford.
(d) Charlotte Garrison.

6. Flannery did not give her life over to marriage and ______________.
(a) Motherhood.
(b) Stepchildren.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Extended family.

7. Flannery writes of being viewed as a ____________.
(a) Lesbian.
(b) Saint.
(c) Spinster.
(d) Contrarian.

8. In the last letter she ever wrote, Flannery uses the salutation of "Dear Raybat" and the closing of _______________.
(a) "Sincerely, Tazmanian".
(b) "See you on the other side".
(c) "Cheers, Tarfunk".
(d) "Love you always, Tartuffe".

9. What is the title of Flannery's first novel?
(a) The Violent Bear it Away.
(b) Wise Blood.
(c) Tender is the Night.
(d) The Sun Also Rises.

10. Which of Flannery's friends wears a Russian costume of a large hat and black cape?
(a) Sally Fitzgerald.
(b) Robert Giroux.
(c) Elizabeth McKee.
(d) Maryat Lee.

11. What has emerged from the letters Flannery has written so far?
(a) An outline for another novel.
(b) An understanding of her politics.
(c) A sense of her personality.
(d) A premonition of her death.

12. To whom does Flannery begin a letter with the salutation, "Dear Rayverberator"?
(a) Cecil Dawkins.
(b) Sally Fitzgerald.
(c) Maryat Lee.
(d) A.

13. Within provincial Georgia, Flannery is considered to be one of ____________________.
(a) "The contrarians."
(b) "The rebels."
(c) "Those single women."
(d) "The country's greatest writers."

14. In what visible way is Flannery's mother different from Flannery?
(a) She is moody.
(b) She is very active.
(c) She is illiterate.
(d) She has red hair.

15. Which author does Flannery encourage Alfred Corn to read?
(a) Agatha Christie.
(b) Teilhard de Chardin.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

Short Answer Questions

1. The letters in this section cover the years of ___________________.

2. Who does Flannery note has been drunk for the past two Mondays?

3. When Flannery calls one of Cecil's friends a "pusson" what does she mean?

4. In the first letter of this section, Flannery writes that she and Maryat are both _______________.

5. What emerges as one of Flannery O'Connor's traits?

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