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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state did Mason Tarwater live?
(a) Tennesee.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Arkansas.

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

3. Which of the following activities does Francis refuse to do while he is living with Rayber?
(a) Eat.
(b) Bathe.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Pray.

4. Why did Rayber's wife leave him?
(a) Because she joined the circus.
(b) Beacuse she couldn't cope with their son's disability.
(c) Because Rayber abused her.
(d) Because she fell in love with someone else.

5. What crime had Mason committed leading to his incarceration in the mental institution?
(a) Kidnap.
(b) Vandalism.
(c) Theft.
(d) Murder.

6. Why does Lucette ask congregation members for money at the Powderhead Congregational Church?
(a) To fund a militia.
(b) To pay for Mason's funeral.
(c) To pay for her surgery.
(d) For missionary work.

7. Who buried Mason's body?
(a) Francis Tarwater.
(b) Mason's body was never recovered.
(c) George Rayber.
(d) Buford Munson.

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

9. What does Francis dream about when he falls asleep in the truck driver's cab on his way back to the farm?
(a) Drowning Bishop.
(b) Heaven.
(c) His uncle's corpse.
(d) His mother's smile.

10. Where does Francis drown Bishop?
(a) In the bathtub.
(b) In the swimming pool.
(c) In the dishwater.
(d) In the lake.

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

12. How does Francis react when Mason brings him new, clean clothes to wear?
(a) He begins to cry.
(b) He refuses to try them on.
(c) He sets them on fire.
(d) He is confused about how to wear them?

13. What does Francis claim to have lost at the building where the congregational revival took place?
(a) His faith.
(b) His parents.
(c) His hat.
(d) His wallet.

14. To what animal does Francis compare Rayber's son, Bishop?
(a) A gorilla.
(b) A canary.
(c) A ferret.
(d) A dog.

15. Why does Buford Munson bury Francis when he finds him, passed out drunk?
(a) To protect him from the dogs.
(b) Because he thinks the boy stole his alcohol.
(c) To teach him a lesson about drinking.
(d) Because he thinks the boy is dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following descriptions of the man who attacks Francis in the woods is NOT true?

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

3. What did Rayber's wife, Bernice, do for a living?

4. How does Francis react when Rayber tells him that he considered drowning Bishop when he was born?

5. When "The Violent Bear it Away" opens, how long has Mason Tarwater been dead?

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