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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 does Reuben sell to Bynum?
(a) carving tools
(b) seeds
(c) stones
(d) pigeons

2. Why does Loomis say he can't stand up?
(a) He says his legs won't stand.
(b) He says his legs are missing.
(c) He says he doesn't want to stand.
(d) He says the Earth is grabbing him.

3. In Bynum's metaphor, what is Mattie?
(a) the wind
(b) a plate of food
(c) land in the distance
(d) the road

4. Who leads the Juba, as the caller?
(a) Bertha
(b) Jeremy
(c) Seth
(d) Bynum

5. Who is Sally?
(a) Selig's wife
(b) Selig's horse
(c) Selig's daugher
(d) Selig's cat

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Herald Loomis looking for?

2. Where does Bynum say he gets his name?

3. What does Molly come to Seth's house looking for?

4. How much extra does Seth want to charge Herald Loomis per week for his daughter's food?

5. Why does Seth say jokingly that he married Bertha?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jeremy not want to enter a guitar-playing contest?

2. What does Bertha advise Mattie about Bynum?

3. Describe what Bynum tells Jeremy about touching.

4. Why does Seth say he wants Jeremy to get his guitar?

5. What does Loomis ask about God?

6. What does Seth report that Loomis is doing, after he's left the boardinghouse?

7. What reason does Bynum give for why he doesn't think Herald Loomis is a gambler?

8. What does Molly say about her father?

9. What does Bynum describe his father doing that made a fuss?

10. Explain the metaphor that Bynum tells to Jeremy to teach him about relationships.

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