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

2. Outside which building does Motes typically preach his sermons?
(a) The movie theater.
(b) The library.
(c) The elementary school.
(d) The cathedral.

3. What topic of conversation arises right before Motes dies that forces him to leave the house, swearing he will never return?
(a) Music.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Politics.
(d) Religion.

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

5. What sin causes Motes to fill his shoes in Taulkinham?
(a) Theft.
(b) Fornication.
(c) Murder.
(d) Blasphemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Asa Hawks become blind?

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

3. How does Hazel Motes travel home after his stint in the military?

4. What does Motes fill his shoes with as penance for sins?

5. What falls from the roof of the house, cutting Motes' face?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Solace Layfield die?

2. Where does Motes first meet Sabbath Hawks?

3. What was Motes' reaction when he was drafted to the army?

4. Where does Motes sleep on his first night home from the army?

5. Who is Mrs. Wally Bee Hitchcock?

6. From where does Motes purchase his new car?

7. Who is Mrs. Watts?

8. What is Motes' first impression of Enoch Emory?

9. Who is Gongo the Gorilla?

10. Who is Mrs. Flood, and what is her relationship to Moats?

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