Friction
ENC1102 SUMMER II 2013
FICTION EXAM
Choose the best answer that completes each statement. There is only ONE correct answer for each. Please mark your answers clearly by highlighting your answer. Each multiple choice question is worth one point.
1.) How did Miss Emily, in “A Rose for Emily” react when the town’s ladies called to offer condolences on her father’s death?
A.) Met them at the door with a horsewhip
B.) She begged them for financial help
C.) She insisted he wasn’t dead
D.) She broke down and wept
2.) In “A Rose for Emily” what was the construction company that employed Homer Barron doing in the town?
A.) Widening the streets
B.) Paving the sidewalks
C.) Painting the Grierson house
D.) Attaching mailboxes to the houses
3.) In “Sonny's Blues” what does the narrator do for a living?
A.) Teaches Algebra
B.) Works at a bank
C.) He is unemployed
D.) Runs his own business
4.) In “The Rocking Horse Winner” who keeps Paul's money?
A.) Uncle Oscar
B.) Basset
C.) His father
D.) His sister
5.) “A Rose for Emily” is told from the point of view of
A.) Homer Barron
B.) The universal “we”
C.) Third person narrator
D.) Emily herself
6.) In “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings” why does the girl get turned into a giant spider?
A.) She disobeys her parents
B.) Nobody knows
C.) By accident
D.) Her friend did it as a joke
7.) In “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” what state is the family's destination?
A.) Georgia
B.) Florida
C.) Tennessee
D.) Alabama
8.) In “After the Plague” who does the narrator finally end up with by the end of the story?
A.) Danielle
B.) Sarai
C.) Felicia
D.) Nobody
9.) In “Sonny's Blues” what happens to the brothers' uncle?
A.) He gets sick and dies
B.) He disappears
C.) He is run over by a vehicle
D.) He joins the
FICTION EXAM
Choose the best answer that completes each statement. There is only ONE correct answer for each. Please mark your answers clearly by highlighting your answer. Each multiple choice question is worth one point.
1.) How did Miss Emily, in “A Rose for Emily” react when the town’s ladies called to offer condolences on her father’s death?
A.) Met them at the door with a horsewhip
B.) She begged them for financial help
C.) She insisted he wasn’t dead
D.) She broke down and wept
2.) In “A Rose for Emily” what was the construction company that employed Homer Barron doing in the town?
A.) Widening the streets
B.) Paving the sidewalks
C.) Painting the Grierson house
D.) Attaching mailboxes to the houses
3.) In “Sonny's Blues” what does the narrator do for a living?
A.) Teaches Algebra
B.) Works at a bank
C.) He is unemployed
D.) Runs his own business
4.) In “The Rocking Horse Winner” who keeps Paul's money?
A.) Uncle Oscar
B.) Basset
C.) His father
D.) His sister
5.) “A Rose for Emily” is told from the point of view of
A.) Homer Barron
B.) The universal “we”
C.) Third person narrator
D.) Emily herself
6.) In “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings” why does the girl get turned into a giant spider?
A.) She disobeys her parents
B.) Nobody knows
C.) By accident
D.) Her friend did it as a joke
7.) In “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” what state is the family's destination?
A.) Georgia
B.) Florida
C.) Tennessee
D.) Alabama
8.) In “After the Plague” who does the narrator finally end up with by the end of the story?
A.) Danielle
B.) Sarai
C.) Felicia
D.) Nobody
9.) In “Sonny's Blues” what happens to the brothers' uncle?
A.) He gets sick and dies
B.) He disappears
C.) He is run over by a vehicle
D.) He joins the