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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Meeks, what does H.L.L stand for?
(a) Hard Lessons Learned.
(b) Hold Love Longingly.
(c) Help Lead Love.
(d) Heaven Listens Last.

2. What emotion is Rayber overcome with when he stoops down to tie Bishop's shoelaces at the Science Museum?
(a) Love.
(b) Resentment.
(c) Pity.
(d) Confusion.

3. What does Francis set fire to before returning to the city?
(a) The house.
(b) The woods.
(c) His clothes.
(d) Mason's body.

4. Which of the following characters shouted these words: "The prophet I raise up out of this boy will burn your eyes clean!" ?
(a) George Rayber.
(b) Mason Tarwater.
(c) Francis Tarwater.
(d) Bernice Bishop.

5. What does Meeks sell for a living?
(a) Steel.
(b) Coal.
(c) Silver.
(d) Copper.

6. What does Rayber say to the innkeeper that deeply annoys Francis?
(a) That Francis is his son.
(b) That Francis is a prophet.
(c) That Francis is a world class fisherman.
(d) That Francis is an orphan.

7. How long did Mason Tarwater spend in the mental institution before his release?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 16 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 4 years.

8. How old was Mason Tarwater when he died?
(a) 94.
(b) 74.
(c) 84.
(d) 64.

9. What does Rayber give Francis in case he should want to baptize Bishop over dinner?
(a) A bottle of water.
(b) A bowl of water.
(c) A glass of water.
(d) A pot of water.

10. Which of the following descriptions of the man who attacks Francis in the woods is NOT true?
(a) He drinks whiskey.
(b) He drives a lavender-colored car.
(c) He doesn't wear shoes.
(d) He wears a Panama hat.

11. What type of bushes completely overtook Mason's house and yard?
(a) Poison ivy bushes.
(b) Raspberry bushes.
(c) Blackberry bushes.
(d) Strawberry bushes.

12. What did Rayber's wife, Bernice, do for a living?
(a) She was a social worker.
(b) She was a hair stylist.
(c) She was a journalist.
(d) She was an actress.

13. Where did Mason leave Rayber when he was a boy, to prove that God would provide for him?
(a) On a fishing boat.
(b) In a cave in the mountains.
(c) In a corn field.
(d) In the desert.

14. What does Francis drink until he is drunk after Mason's death?
(a) Wine.
(b) Moonshine.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Rye beer.

15. Where did Mason Tarwater die?
(a) At the breakfast table.
(b) Tending to his cotton fields.
(c) Reading a newspaper on the porch.
(d) Sleeping in his bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Francis when Mason Tarwater dies?

2. Which of the following activities does Francis refuse to do while he is living with Rayber?

3. What does Francis dream about when he falls asleep in the truck driver's cab on his way back to the farm?

4. In what type of establishment did Mason live when he was not in the mental institution?

5. Why did Mason try to kidnap Reyber's son, Bishop?

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