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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Motes feel when Mrs. Wally Bee Hitchcock starts a conversation with him?
(a) He feels annoyed.
(b) He feels excited.
(c) He feels nervous.
(d) He feels apathetic.

2. In what state did Motes grow up?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) New Mexico.

3. What type of car does Motes buy in Taulkinham?
(a) An Essex.
(b) A Cadillac.
(c) A Lincoln.
(d) An Oldsmobile.

4. How is Motes' car destroyed?
(a) It is set on fire by an arsonist.
(b) It is smashed in a crash.
(c) It is blown up.
(d) It is pushed over a cliff.

5. Who wrote a letter threatening death to whomever tried to steal the furniture in the house?
(a) Motes' mother.
(b) Motes' brother.
(c) Motes' father.
(d) Motes' sister.

6. Which of the following items does Motes watch a demonstration of in the streets?
(a) An orange juicer.
(b) A potato peeler.
(c) A rice steamer.
(d) An apple slicer.

7. Which of the following adjectives best describes the sleeping berth where Motes sleeps on his way home from the military?
(a) Comfortable.
(b) Crowded.
(c) Claustrophobic.
(d) Cold.

8. How is Sabbath related to Asa?
(a) Asa is her brother.
(b) Asa is her son.
(c) Asa is her uncle.
(d) Asa is her father.

9. How long has it been since Motes drove a car before purchasing his new car in Taulkinham?
(a) Two years.
(b) Motes has never driven a car.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Five years.

10. Where is Sabbath's mother?
(a) Sabbath has never known her mother.
(b) She is dead.
(c) She is in an insane asylum.
(d) She is working in Uganda.

11. How does Motes kill Shoals?
(a) He runs him over with his car.
(b) He punches him in the neck.
(c) He stabs him in the back.
(d) He poisons him with arsenic.

12. What did Motes' grandfather do for a living when he was still alive?
(a) He was a bartender.
(b) He was a mechanic.
(c) He was a professional athlete.
(d) He was a preacher.

13. What is the name of the church that Motes preaches for?
(a) The Church without Christ.
(b) The Church without Communion.
(c) The Church without Sin.
(d) The Church without Love.

14. What is the one word Enoch Emory uses to describe Taulkinham?
(a) Unfortunate.
(b) Unfriendly.
(c) Unpenetrable.
(d) Unsafe.

15. What is all over the porch floor when Motes arrives home?
(a) Blood.
(b) Weeds.
(c) Boxes.
(d) Garbage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Motes light on fire as he travels through his abandoned house?

2. What sin causes Motes to fill his shoes in Taulkinham?

3. Which type of truck does Motes hitch a ride from to get from Melsey to his hometown?

4. Who witnesses the light leaving Motes' eyes right before he dies?

5. How does Emory get the Gonga suit from its owner?

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