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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who feels perturbed by Pete's new faith and asks him if they are ashamed of this person?

2. Who says that it must seem strange that Pete doesn't go to church with his parents, according to the story?

3. What was Pete looking at when he saw the man standing near the soda fountain?

4. What is wrapped around the cross that Pete is still holding onto at the start of the book?

5. Walt tells Pete that it isn't Pete's job to save ____________, according to the book.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Rufus asks the Preacher Man if he has saved Pete, according to the story?

2. What did Pete do the day after the second night of the revival, according to the story?

3. What will make getting rid of the item in the drawer much easier, according to the story?

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

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

6. What does Pete feel about the man that comes into town, according to the story?

7. What did Pete feel when he had awoken from fainting and saw the Preacher Man's eyes on him?

8. What do Pete and the Preacher Man do after the Preacher Man buys him a soda?

9. What stuns Pete when he is in the revival service with the others, according to the story?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Walt encouraged Pete to become a doctor so that he could help others in need, since there were many people who needed help.

Part 1: Do you think Walt and Pete have a good relationship?

Part 2: Why do you think Pete admires his father so much?

Part 3: How do you think Walt might be able to relate to Pete and his newfound faith?

Essay Topic 2

The Preacher Man invites Pete out for a soda and talks to him about how he could be a preacher too.

Part 1: How do you think you would respond if someone told you that you could be a good preacher?

Part 2: Why do you think the Preacher Man singles out Pete?

Part 3: Do you think that the Preacher Man might have told others to come with him too?

Essay Topic 3

Rufus points out that when Pete is around the Preacher Man he acts like a robot and that he seems a bit dopey and taken by this man.

Part 1: Do you think that Pete is taken by the Preacher Man?

Part 2: Do you agree or disagree with the way that Rufus feels about the situation? Why?

Part 3: Why do you think that Pete might not be thinking clearly when he's with the Preacher Man?

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