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A Death in the Family
James Agee
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1
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When was James Agee born?
1909
1919
1929
1939
2
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Where did Agee attend college?
Colombia
Harvard
Stanford
Oxford
3
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What did Agee do two years before the publication of A Death in the Family?
He married
He graduated college
He had a son
He died
4
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Whose real-life death does the novel closely parallel?
Agee's mother's
Agee's son's
Agee's father's
Agee's uncle's
5
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What core American conflict does the novel explore?
City/country
Wealthy/poor
Upper class/lower class
Northern/southern
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