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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following items does Motes watch a demonstration of in the streets?
(a) An orange juicer.
(b) A potato peeler.
(c) An apple slicer.
(d) A rice steamer.

2. How is Sabbath related to Asa?
(a) Asa is her father.
(b) Asa is her uncle.
(c) Asa is her brother.
(d) Asa is her son.

3. What is the one question Hazel Motes asks Mrs. Wally Bee Hitchcock?
(a) If she is redeemed.
(b) If she is a Republican.
(c) If she is rich.
(d) If she is religious.

4. Where is Motes' body found by two policemen shortly before his death?
(a) In a ditch.
(b) In the river.
(c) In the cemetary.
(d) Under a bridge.

5. How does Motes feel about the blind preacher's religious style?
(a) He is apathetic to it.
(b) He is confused by it.
(c) He does not approve of it.
(d) He is in awe of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is all over the porch floor when Motes arrives home?

2. How does Motes kill Shoals?

3. Where is Sabbath's mother?

4. Which of his mother's possessions did Motes bring with him when he joined the military?

5. What topic of conversation arises right before Motes dies that forces him to leave the house, swearing he will never return?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Motes sleep on his first night home from the army?

2. Who is Mrs. Wally Bee Hitchcock?

3. What obsessive acts does Enoch Emory engage in to feel closer to mankind?

4. From where does Motes purchase his new car?

5. What act does Enoch Emory commit that is directly related to his "wise blood"?

6. What state is Motes' house in when he returns home from the army?

7. How does Emory get his revenge on Gongo the Gorilla?

8. Where does Motes first meet Sabbath Hawks?

9. Who is Mrs. Watts?

10. What does fellow street preacher Hoover Shoats do that affects the following in Moats' congregation?

(see the answer keys)

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