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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. Jayber has fantasies of __________________.
(a) Becoming an airline pilot.
(b) Running for President.
(c) Being a bullfighter.
(d) Running away with Mattie.

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

3. What can be said about Mattie's character?
(a) She is aggressive.
(b) She is honest.
(c) She is deceitful.
(d) She is cunning.

4. What does Della tell Jayber about Athey after Athey dies?
(a) He was married before.
(b) He had a child with another woman.
(c) He listed Jayber in his will.
(d) He never knew his mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Jayber feels that Troy is essentially _______________.

2. Who cuts Jayber's hair after he moves?

3. Troy mortgages Mattie's farm and turns it into a/an ____________________.

4. Jayber thinks that people today are too _____________.

5. Where is Jayber's current home located?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Mattie's daughter killed?

3. How does Jayber struggle by being married to Mattie in his heart only?

4. Describe the dream Jayber has that includes many of his old friends.

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

6. How do Jayber and Athey become good friends?

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

8. What does Jayber realize as he begins to pray again?

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

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

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