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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. What did Rayber's wife, Bernice, do for a living?
(a) She was a social worker.
(b) She was a journalist.
(c) She was an actress.
(d) She was a hair stylist.

2. How does Francis know that he has been sexually assaulted?
(a) He is in pain.
(b) His hands are tied together.
(c) All of the above.
(d) His clothes are on backward.

3. How old is Francis when Mason Tarwater dies?
(a) 14.
(b) 12.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

4. How was George Rayber related to Francis' Tarwater's mother?
(a) They were not related.
(b) They were siblings.
(c) They were married.
(d) They were cousins.

5. To what animal does Francis compare Rayber's son, Bishop?
(a) A gorilla.
(b) A ferret.
(c) A dog.
(d) A canary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Francis claim to have lost at the building where the congregational revival took place?

2. How does the man who attacks Francis slip him drugs?

3. What does Francis drink until he is drunk after Mason's death?

4. Who buried Mason's body?

5. What weapon did Mason pull on Rayber when he came to collect Francis after the kidnapping?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How did George Rayber go deaf?

7. How did George Rayber come to live with his uncle, Mason?

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

9. How was Mason Tarwater buried?

10. What is Francis' reaction when he figures out that Rayber has followed him to the religious revival?

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