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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 does Francis know that he has been sexually assaulted?
(a) All of the above.
(b) He is in pain.
(c) His hands are tied together.
(d) His clothes are on backward.

2. When Francis leaves the woods for the last time, what does he promise himself that he will do with his life?
(a) Become a prophet.
(b) Become an astronaut.
(c) Become a school teacher.
(d) Become a father.

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

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

5. When Francis arrives at Rayber's front door, what does he say happened to Mason's body?
(a) It fell into a well.
(b) It was burned.
(c) It was eaten by wild animals.
(d) It disappeared.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following adjectives does NOT describe Francis' behavior while he is living with Rayber?

2. Why did Rayber's wife leave him?

3. Where does the first truck driver tell Francis he belongs when he drops him off at the side of the road?

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

5. How old was Mason Tarwater when he died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Francis' reaction when he figures out that Rayber has followed him to the religious revival?

2. What is Francis' initial reaction when he meets his cousin, Bishop?

3. What type of interaction does Francis have with the second driver that picks him up from the side of the road?

4. What event at the science museum jars Rayber into remembering his own religious childhood?

5. Why does Rayber agree to take Francis in and take care of him?

6. How does Bishop die?

7. What events lead up to Francis vomiting in a lake?

8. Why was Mason Tarwater admitted into a mental institution, and how did he get out?

9. How did Francis Tarwater come to live with his great-uncle Mason?

10. What type of interaction does Francis have with the first truck driver that picks him up from the side of the road?

(see the answer keys)

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