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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is especially poignant about Jayber's choosing the woman he does?
(a) She doesn't know he exists.
(b) He is too embarrassed to talk to her.
(c) She is too shy to tell him she loves him.
(d) He can never have her.

2. What hope does Cecelia have for newcomers to town?
(a) That they are superior like she is.
(b) That they have children.
(c) That they are church-goers.
(d) That they will stay for many years.

3. What is Mattie doing when Jayber sees her in the cemetery?
(a) Clipping grass.
(b) Planting flowers.
(c) Lying on her child's grave.
(d) Polishing a headstone.

4. Who are the men who dress in sheets and carry torches and rifles?
(a) The Regulators.
(b) The White Rose Society.
(c) The Ku Klux Klan.
(d) The Chi Omega fraternity brothers.

5. What does Jayber feel for Mattie?
(a) Carnal lust.
(b) Repulsion.
(c) Mild attraction.
(d) Pure love.

6. Who is the black woman who raised Athey Keith?
(a) May.
(b) Marie.
(c) Maddie.
(d) Molly.

7. Jayber and ____________ are with Athey when he dies.
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Della.
(c) Mattie.
(d) Troy.

8. How do the women of Port William perceive Jayber?
(a) He is abusive.
(b) He is gay.
(c) He is a womanizer.
(d) He is marginal.

9. What injury prompts Athey Keith to leave the farm?
(a) His spine is injured.
(b) He breaks his arm.
(c) His pelvis is crushed.
(d) He breaks his leg.

10. Where is Jayber's current home located?
(a) Near the river.
(b) Near the interstate.
(c) Downtown.
(d) Suburb.

11. Jayber feels that he is married to Mattie ___________________.
(a) In a former life.
(b) In his heart only.
(c) If she will have him.
(d) In his wildest dreams.

12. Who is Mattie's daughter?
(a) Maddie.
(b) Liddie.
(c) Sara.
(d) Abbey.

13. Into what type of building does Jayber move?
(a) Ranch.
(b) Cabin.
(c) Bungalow.
(d) Townhouse.

14. Who is Athey's wife?
(a) Delores.
(b) Doris.
(c) Della.
(d) Delia.

15. What physical flaw does Jayber have to remind himself of Cecelia's hatred toward him?
(a) A missing finger.
(b) A limp.
(c) A scar on his cheek.
(d) A chipped tooth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cecelia interact with Jayber?

2. Jayber questions why _______________ always succeeds.

3. Who cuts Jayber's hair after he moves?

4. What kind of pastry do Burley Coulter and Big Ellis bake?

5. Jayber thinks that people today are too _____________.

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