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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who calls to Jayber in a dream?
(a) Aunt Cordie.
(b) Mattie.
(c) Clydie.
(d) Athey.

2. How does Cecelia interact with Jayber?
(a) She is flirtatious.
(b) She pretends he doesn't exist.
(c) She is hostile.
(d) She makes fun of him in public.

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

4. What does Jayber learn about Troy?
(a) He has a lot of debt.
(b) He is moving out of state.
(c) He has a terminal illness.
(d) He is divorcing Mattie.

5. Why is Jayber's barber shop cited by a government inspector?
(a) It has no running water.
(b) It does not have a handicapped ramp.
(c) It does not have a hand sanitizer.
(d) It does not have paper towels.

6. How does Jayber recall Athey Keith as being?
(a) Deceitful.
(b) Sullen.
(c) Angry.
(d) Kind.

7. What is an ever-present threat to Jayber?
(a) Tornado.
(b) Flood.
(c) Hurricane.
(d) Fire.

8. Jayber states that war and the economy are _________________.
(a) Evil twins.
(b) Freaks of nature.
(c) Inevitable.
(d) Siamese twins.

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

10. Troy Chatham feels that the answer to the future lies in more technology and ____________.
(a) Education.
(b) Government.
(c) Debt.
(d) Religion.

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

12. Jayber feels that Troy is essentially _______________.
(a) Pure.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Humble.
(d) Evil.

13. Where do Jayber and Mattie occasionally meet?
(a) Starbucks.
(b) State Park.
(c) Amusement Park.
(d) Nest Egg.

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

15. Who does Jayber take to a Christmas dance at a roadhouse?
(a) Marlene.
(b) Aggie.
(c) Clydie.
(d) Sara.

Short Answer Questions

1. What injury prompts Athey Keith to leave the farm?

2. Why does Jayber get upset with Troy at the dance?

3. Who is Athey's wife?

4. Jayber feels that Cecelia Overhold and ________________ are the two loneliest people in town.

5. Where is Jayber's current home located?

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