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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. What is the nature of Jayber and Mattie's meetings?
(a) Platonic.
(b) Passionate.
(c) Flirtatious.
(d) Businesslike.
2. What does a drunk in the barber shop do that prompts Athey to react angrily?
(a) Makes a racial slur.
(b) Is disrespectful to Jayber.
(c) Makes an inappropriate comment about Mattie.
(d) Tries to cheat Jayber.
3. Jayber and ____________ are with Athey when he dies.
(a) Mattie.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Troy.
(d) Della.
4. What does Jayber learn about Troy?
(a) He is moving out of state.
(b) He is divorcing Mattie.
(c) He has a lot of debt.
(d) He has a terminal illness.
5. What does Della tell Jayber about Athey after Athey dies?
(a) He listed Jayber in his will.
(b) He was married before.
(c) He never knew his mother.
(d) He had a child with another woman.
Short Answer Questions
1. What breed of dogs does Jayber get?
2. Into what type of building does Jayber move?
3. Why does Mattie ask Jayber to come to Athey's house?
4. What does Jayber feel for Cecelia and Troy?
5. What can be said about Mattie's character?
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. Describe Jayber's move to the cabin and how he feels about such a transition.
4. How does Jayber struggle by being married to Mattie in his heart only?
5. What seems to occupy much of Jayber's thoughts as he ages?
6. Describe the dream Jayber has that includes many of his old friends.
7. What allows Jayber to forgive Cecelia and Troy even though they are both people he does not like?
8. What has happened in the Keith family that makes Troy feel as if he is free from any further obligations?
9. How does the author use the technique of foreshadowing regarding Jimmy?
10. Where do Jayber and Mattie meet occasionally and what is the nature of their meetings?
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