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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Jayber's father's job?
(a) Mechanic.
(b) Newspaper editor.
(c) Minister.
(d) Blacksmith.

2. Which Port William resident has a dream about his son in the war?
(a) Sam Jackson.
(b) Mat Feltner.
(c) Athey Keith.
(d) Burley Coulter.

3. What type of business does Jayber own?
(a) Auto parts store.
(b) Barbershop.
(c) Grocery store.
(d) Trucking company.

4. Which of the following is NOT typical of Athey's farming style?
(a) Conservative.
(b) Expansive.
(c) Efficient.
(d) Resourceful.

5. What employable skill does Jayber learn at the orphanage?
(a) Barbering.
(b) Writing.
(c) Auto mechanics.
(d) Cooking.

6. As Jayber settles into his life, he develops a passion for ________________.
(a) Reading.
(b) Old cars.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Cigars.

7. Who gives Jayber a ride as he walks toward the city in #42?
(a) Joe Tuttle.
(b) Ezra Worthington.
(c) Sam Hanks.
(d) Johnson Hall.

8. Who is Brother Whitespade?
(a) Principal at the orphanage.
(b) Head monk at the monastery.
(c) A local TV celebrity.
(d) Principal at the Catholic school.

9. Who is the woman with whom Jayber has a relationship?
(a) Carol.
(b) Claudia.
(c) Clydie.
(d) Camille.

10. What event does Jayber recall that causes grief and angst among the people of Port William?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) Japanese internment camps.
(c) The attack on Pearl Harbor.
(d) The stock market crash of 1929.

11. Who does Jayber mention recalling as she walked home past his shop?
(a) Marla Grey.
(b) Mattie Keith.
(c) Megan Witmer.
(d) Marlene Winner.

12. With what element of nature is Jayber especially fascinated?
(a) The sky.
(b) The river.
(c) Birds.
(d) The mountains.

13. Who is Mattie Keith's boyfriend?
(a) Jimmy Puterbaugh.
(b) Seth Anderson.
(c) Troy Chatham.
(d) Matt MaGuire.

14. In what town was Jayber born?
(a) Hazard.
(b) Cordele.
(c) Goforth.
(d) Corbin.

15. In which war did Gladdie Finn lose her son?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) The Korean War.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) World War I.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the black family who lives across the river from Jayber's aunt and uncle's farm?

2. Which of the following does NOT take place at the Grandstand?

3. To what town does Jayber go to get his hair cut?

4. When Jayber first opened his shop, the generation that was old and dying remembered _______________.

5. Why does Jayber enjoy cutting the hair of the older men?

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