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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. What is Francis' first impression of Rayber?
(a) That he is a wimp.
(b) That he is a kind man.
(c) That he is a prophet.
(d) That he is a heathen.

2. How does the man who attacks Francis slip him drugs?
(a) In his ice cream.
(b) In his drink.
(c) In his sandwich.
(d) In his cigarette.

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

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

5. How does Francis react when Rayber tells him that he considered drowning Bishop when he was born?
(a) He cheers.
(b) He cries.
(c) He prays.
(d) He vomits.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Mason try to kidnap Reyber's son, Bishop?

3. How does Rayber react to the news that his uncle, Mason, is dead?

4. How does Francis know that he has been sexually assaulted?

5. How old is Francis when Mason Tarwater dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Francis fear having to bury his uncle at the opening of the story,"The Violent Bear it Away"?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Bishop die?

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

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

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

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

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