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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. Who claims that Rayber's ears are "deaf to the Holy word"?
(a) Lucette.
(b) Francis.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Mason.

2. How does Rayber react to the news that his uncle, Mason, is dead?
(a) He is confused.
(b) He is apathetic.
(c) He is saddened.
(d) He is relieved.

3. Why did Mason kidnap Francis?
(a) To carry on his legacy.
(b) To save his soul
(c) To get back at Rayber.
(d) All of the above.

4. Why did Rayber's wife leave him?
(a) Beacuse she couldn't cope with their son's disability.
(b) Because Rayber abused her.
(c) Because she joined the circus.
(d) Because she fell in love with someone else.

5. Which of the following adjectives does NOT describe Francis' behavior while he is living with Rayber?
(a) Angry.
(b) Difficult.
(c) Scared.
(d) Sullen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Meeks sell for a living?

2. Why does Lucette ask congregation members for money at the Powderhead Congregational Church?

3. What emotion is Rayber overcome with when he stoops down to tie Bishop's shoelaces at the Science Museum?

4. Where does the first truck driver tell Francis he belongs when he drops him off at the side of the road?

5. How does Francis react to Rayber's offer to let him baptize Bishop?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Mason Tarwater admitted into a mental institution, and how did he get out?

2. How does Francis prove his difficult nature to Rayber after moving in with him?

3. How does Mason's neighbor, Buford Munson, react when he hears that Mason is dead?

4. Who is Lucette, and what impact does she have on Rayber when the meet?

5. What conversation does Francis have with Meeks right after Mason dies?

6. What event at the science museum jars Rayber into remembering his own religious childhood?

7. Why does Rayber agree to take Francis in and take care of him?

8. What is Francis' initial reaction when he meets his cousin, Bishop?

9. How did Francis Tarwater come to live with his great-uncle Mason?

10. What type of interaction does Francis have with the second driver that picks him up from the side of the road?

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