Good Country People

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Why did Hulga wait until she was 21 to change her name?

A) She couldn’t decide on a name until then.

B) She was an adult and not living with her mother at the time.

C) Her mother asked her not to change her name until then.

D) She never wanted to change her name in the first place.

2. What makes Mrs. Hopewell invite Manley to dinner?

A) He mentions his heart condition.

B) He sells her a Bible.

C) Hulga has taken an interest in him.

D) Mrs. Freeman asks if he can join them for dinner.

3. What does Manley insist Hulga tell him when they kiss?

A) She is attracted to him.

B) She wants to be his girlfriend.

C) She loves him.

D) She never wants to go back home.

4. Which of the following most strongly develops the theme of The Hypocrisy of the Old South?

A) The inclusion of a divorcee in the story

B) The hollowed-out Bible carrying Manley’s vices

C) The names of the characters

D) The fact that Hulga is an atheist

5. Which character says, “He was so simple […] but I guess the world would be better off if we were all that simple”?