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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. How old is Jayber when Aunt Cordie dies?
(a) 3.
(b) 27.
(c) 19.
(d) 10.

2. Where does Jayber go after Aunt Cordie dies?
(a) His great-aunt's home.
(b) A monastery.
(c) An orphanage.
(d) A Catholic boarding school.

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

4. What is the capital of Kentucky?
(a) Louisville.
(b) Frankfort.
(c) Danville.
(d) Lexington.

5. What is Jayber's favorite duty in the church?
(a) Washing the stained glass windows.
(b) Straightening the hymnals.
(c) Ringing the bell.
(d) Polishing the pews.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does the man in #43 give to Jayber?

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

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

4. In what year was Jayber born?

5. Why can Jayber not register as a conscientious objector?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is J conflicted about the scholarship opportunity and his own personality?

2. What is Jayber's obsession with Mattie?

3. Describe what life is like for J during his school years.

4. What role does gardening fill in Jayber's life?

5. What does J encounter when he leaves Lexington bound for home?

6. What is the irony of Jayber's burying Stanley Gibbs?

7. What is the premise of the book?

8. How does the author use foreshadowing regarding Jayber's interest in Mattie Keith?

9. What is the Grandstand and what role does it serve for the men in the community?

10. Who are some of the friends and neighbors little Jonas calls aunt and uncle while living with Othy and Cordie?

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