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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 does Jayber get upset with Troy at the dance?
(a) Troy starts a fight with Jayber.
(b) Troy hits a man with a beer bottle.
(c) Troy is dancing with a blonde woman.
(d) Troy gets falling-down drunk.

2. What does a drunk in the barber shop do that prompts Athey to react angrily?
(a) Makes a racial slur.
(b) Makes an inappropriate comment about Mattie.
(c) Is disrespectful to Jayber.
(d) Tries to cheat Jayber.

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

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

5. What is the nature of the relationship between Troy and Jimmy?
(a) Contentious.
(b) Warm.
(c) Abusive.
(d) Contented.

Short Answer Questions

1. Troy Chatham feels that the answer to the future lies in more technology and ____________.

2. Why is Jayber's barber shop cited by a government inspector?

3. What is the nature of Jayber and Mattie's meetings?

4. Into what type of building does Jayber move?

5. Jayber feels that he is married to Mattie ___________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author show that both Jayber and Athey are capable of having compassion even for people they do not like?

2. Describe Jayber's move to the cabin and how he feels about such a transition.

3. How does Jayber perceive that Troy is not worthy of being married to Mattie?

4. How do Jayber and Athey become good friends?

5. How does the author use the technique of foreshadowing regarding Jimmy?

6. What does Jayber consider to be the biggest difference between Troy and Mattie?

7. What is the deep attraction that Jayber has for Mattie?

8. Where do Jayber and Mattie meet occasionally and what is the nature of their meetings?

9. What does Jayber come to realize about the community and the inevitable changes in life?

10. What are the sad circumstances that allow Jayber to spend more time with Mattie?

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