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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 does Pete tell his mother happened the night before, after she asks about the revival?
(a) He was saved.
(b) He didn't go.
(c) He read a book.
(d) Rufus was there.

2. The Preacher Man is the ________ pastor who is introduced at the start of the chapter.
(a) Understudy.
(b) Replacement.
(c) Revival.
(d) New.

3. Where does Pete go in order to wait for the Preacher Man to talk to him again?
(a) Drugstore.
(b) Bookstore.
(c) School.
(d) Revival.

4. The other pastor that announces the Preacher Man is the ________ pastor of the gathering.
(a) Head.
(b) Student.
(c) Presiding.
(d) Assistant.

5. Pete wants his father to be _______ for him about his new religious life.
(a) Upset.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what meal was Pete's family having some obvious tension in the room?

2. What does the Preacher Man tell Pete that he could be someday, which makes Pete blush a little?

3. What does Pete tell Rufus that leaves Rufus feeling baffled by the comment, according to the book?

4. What does Walt remind Pete is starting up soon, which seems strange in the given conversation?

5. After doing what will the narrator finally get rid of the cross in the drawer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What comes off of the pieces of the item that has been kept in the drawer for nearly a year?

2. Why did Pete want to leave the revival service on the first night it occurs in the story?

3. What did Pete and Rufus arrange to do when they saw each other at the drugstore one day?

4. Why did Pete like being friends with Rufus, even though they were completely different in many ways?

5. What was the reaction that Pete had to the Preacher Man, the more that he listened to him?

6. What happened to Pete the more that he listened to the Preacher Man talk?

7. What does Pete want his father's reaction to be after Pete announces that he has been saved?

8. What happened, according to Pete, to the congregation when the service was over with the Preacher Man?

9. What happened when the Preacher Man takes Pete's hand after the service?

10. What did Pete feel embarrassed about the day after his first encounter with the Preacher Man?

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