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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. Why is Jayber rejected by the military?
(a) He is not rejected.
(b) He has flat feet.
(c) He is gay.
(d) He has a heart murmur.

2. In what state does Jayber live?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Florida.
(c) Vermont.
(d) Kentucky.

3. What does Sam Hanks refuse to do when Jayber cuts his hair?
(a) Take the $5 that he had once given Jayber.
(b) Get a shave.
(c) Have his hair washed.
(d) Have any styling gel added to his hair.

4. What is Stanley Gibbs' job?
(a) Publisher.
(b) Undertaker.
(c) Mechanic.
(d) Grocer.

5. Where does Jayber go to college?
(a) Pigeonville College.
(b) Duke University.
(c) University of Kentucky.
(d) The Ohio State University.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dr. Ardmire?

2. Why does Jayber get special privileges at the orphanage?

3. After Roy dies, Jayber realizes that Cecelia had always seen Roy as ________________.

4. What does Brother Whitespade name Jonas?

5. Whose hair is hardest to cut according to Jayber?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Clydie and what is Jayber's relationship with her?

3. How does little Jonas get the nickname "J?"

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

5. Why does Jayber buy a car?

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

7. What is Jayber's tone as he, now an old man, recalls his life?

8. Why does Jayber feel he has betrayed Athey when he talks to Troy about farming?

9. What is Cecelia's opinion of her husband, Roy, and why does she consider Jayber to be her enemy?

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

(see the answer keys)

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