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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. 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.

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

3. To whom do Athey and Della will their farm?
(a) Owen.
(b) Jayber.
(c) Sam.
(d) Mattie.

4. Who cuts Jayber's hair after he moves?
(a) Mattie.
(b) Sara.
(c) Lyda.
(d) Aggie.

5. Why does Mattie ask Jayber to come to Athey's house?
(a) To shave Athey.
(b) To fix the furnace.
(c) To pray with Athey.
(d) To keep Athey company.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What can be said about Mattie's character?

3. Jayber thinks that people today are too _____________.

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

5. Jayber is convinced that Christ did not intend to __________________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Jayber's life like once he moves to the river?

3. How is Mattie's daughter killed?

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

5. What seems to occupy much of Jayber's thoughts as he ages?

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

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

8. What is the defining moment when Jayber commits himself silently to Mattie?

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

10. How does Jayber adjust to the changing world in the 1960s?

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