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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. As a young boy, what did Motes want to be when he grew up?
(a) A race car driver.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A police officer.
(d) A preacher.

2. What is the one question Hazel Motes asks Mrs. Wally Bee Hitchcock?
(a) If she is rich.
(b) If she is redeemed.
(c) If she is a Republican.
(d) If she is religious.

3. What does Mrs. Watts do for a living?
(a) She is an exotic dancer.
(b) She is a prostitute.
(c) She is a drug dealer.
(d) She is a police officer.

4. What does Emory do with his own clothes while he is wearing the Gonga outfit?
(a) He sells them.
(b) He buries them.
(c) He burns them.
(d) He carries them with him.

5. Which of the following adjectives best describes Miss Wally Bee Hitchcock?
(a) Attractive.
(b) Rich.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Chatty.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Sabbath related to Asa?

2. What type of car does Motes buy in Taulkinham?

3. What does Emory believe is his "special mystery"?

4. What does the blind preacher ask for in exchange for repentance of sins?

5. How did Asa Hawks become blind?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Watts?

2. What state is Motes' house in when he returns home from the army?

3. Who is Asa Hawks?

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

5. What does Enoch Emory believe is his "secret mystery"?

6. What act does Enoch Emory commit that is directly related to his "wise blood"?

7. From where does Motes purchase his new car?

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

9. How does Solace Layfield die?

10. What story does Sabbath tell Motes about her childhood that makes him pity her?

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