Everything That Rises Must Converge Pre-Assessment

1. Where is Julian’s mother going when she gets on the bus?

• The hospital for a sprain

• Her weekly weight-loss class

• Her doctor for her annual checkup

• The grocery store

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What does the bus symbolize?

• A character's developing independence

• Societal integration

• Transitioning stages in one's life

• The trip to Heaven

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What character trait does Julian’s mother possess?

• Empathy

• Judgmental

• Confused

• Mature

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How is the theme of old vs. new south represented in the story?

• The differences in Julian and his mother’s opinion on the integration of bus

• The differences in Julian and his mother’s treatment of their servants

• Julian’s mother’s beauty pageant past

• Julian’s mother’s distaste of Julian’s new job

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What genre is this short story?

• Southern Gothic

• Romantic Mystery

• Realistic Dystopia

• Gothic Drama

What is the tragic ending?

• Julian dies

• The bus crashes

• There is no tragic ending

• The mother dies

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How does the Black woman respond to Julian’s mother’s offer?

• She is grateful but declines

• She begins to cry, as she is so touched

• She becomes angry as she believes it’s condescending

• She accepts quickly and thanks the mother profusely

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What is the setting?

• Waterfall

• Julian's house

• Bus

• Hospital

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Which characters in the story are racist?

• Julian's father

• Julian's grandma

• The lady on the bus with the gloves

• Julian

• His mother

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Why didn't Julian's mom want to ride the bus at night?

• Racial integration

• Fear of getting kidnapped

• She does not like the nighttime

• She pulls a Remus Lupin every full moon

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