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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. Where do Jayber and Mattie occasionally meet?
(a) Starbucks.
(b) Amusement Park.
(c) State Park.
(d) Nest Egg.

2. Where is Jayber's current home located?
(a) Near the river.
(b) Near the interstate.
(c) Downtown.
(d) Suburb.

3. What is the nature of Jayber and Mattie's meetings?
(a) Businesslike.
(b) Platonic.
(c) Flirtatious.
(d) Passionate.

4. Who calls to Jayber in a dream?
(a) Mattie.
(b) Clydie.
(c) Athey.
(d) Aunt Cordie.

5. Troy Chatham feels that the answer to the future lies in more technology and ____________.
(a) Religion.
(b) Education.
(c) Government.
(d) Debt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jayber states that war and the economy are _________________.

2. What does Jayber take with him when he moves?

3. What does a drunk in the barber shop do that prompts Athey to react angrily?

4. Jayber cannot understand why _____________________.

5. With what does Jayber struggle in his life?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are the forces that prompt Jayber to move to the river?

5. What allows Jayber to forgive Cecelia and Troy even though they are both people he does not like?

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

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

8. What lesson does the young Athey learn when his father puts him in charge of killing hogs one day?

9. How is Mattie's daughter killed?

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

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