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

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

3. How does Francis react when he finds Mason's still on the farm?
(a) He is shocked.
(b) He is terrified.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is relieved.

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

5. What does George Rayber do for a living?
(a) He is a teacher.
(b) He is a pastor.
(c) He is a lawyer.
(d) He is a mechanic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Mason's relatives was considered to be an evil drunk incapable of being saved?

2. Which of the following Biblical stories does Francis think about after his sexual assault?

3. What does Francis claim to have lost at the building where the congregational revival took place?

4. Who does Francis think is speaking to him when he hears the voice of his "friend" in his ear?

5. Which of the following characters believed himself to be a prophet at some point in his life?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mason's neighbor, Buford Munson, react when he hears that Mason is dead?

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

3. How did George Rayber come to live with his uncle, Mason?

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

5. How does Bishop die?

6. How was Mason Tarwater buried?

7. How does Francis rebel against Mason after his death?

8. Who is Francis' "stranger" who is later referred to as his "friend"?

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

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

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