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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tarwater do with Mason's coffin?
(a) He does not use it.
(b) He rebuilds it.
(c) He burns it.
(d) He buries Mason in it.

2. Who steals Tarwater from his crib?
(a) Mason.
(b) Buford.
(c) Francis.
(d) The schoolteacher.

3. What does Tarwater say about burying Mason?
(a) Mason was too big to bury.
(b) Mason did not leave instructions.
(c) Mason's coffin broke.
(d) Mason wanted too fancy of a grave.

4. What does Tarwater know as soon as he sees Bishop?
(a) That he needs a bath.
(b) That he needs to kidnap him.
(c) That he has to baptize him.
(d) That the schoolteacher has been beating him.

5. Why does Tarwater drop the knocker at the schoolteacher's house?
(a) It is cold.
(b) It looks like the devil.
(c) He doesn't want to visit.
(d) It breaks.

6. What does Tarwater do to the shack the night Mason dies?
(a) Tears it down.
(b) Sets fire to it.
(c) Builds an addition.
(d) Sells it cheaply.

7. What feature was Tarwater unable to recall about the schoolteacher's face?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His jaw.
(c) His nose.
(d) His mouth.

8. What does Rayber call the aptitude test?
(a) Too hard for Tarwater.
(b) A game.
(c) A measure of ability.
(d) Work.

9. What does Lucette say is coming?
(a) David.
(b) My Word.
(c) The end of the world.
(d) My Lord.

10. Who said, "A dead man is not going to do you any good"?
(a) Mason.
(b) Tarwater.
(c) Rayber.
(d) Bishop.

11. What does Tarwater do when Mason dies?
(a) Calls the police.
(b) Asks a neighbor for help.
(c) Goes into the woods.
(d) Finishes his breakfast.

12. What does Mason say will burn a prophet?
(a) Sunlight.
(b) Water.
(c) People.
(d) Evil.

13. What does Tarwater do with the books, clothing, and other items the schoolteacher bought for him?
(a) Tarwater says thank you.
(b) Tarwater ignores them.
(c) Tarwater hides them.
(d) Tarwater sells them.

14. Why does the schoolteacher use the help of a welfare office worker?
(a) To get unemployment.
(b) To find a new job.
(c) To get child support.
(d) To get Tarwater back.

15. Who will inherit Mason's land?
(a) No one.
(b) The schoolteacher.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Tarwater.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the voice, what's the only reason Mason wanted Tarwater?

2. Who shoots the schoolteacher?

3. Why did Lucette's mother travel to China and Africa?

4. What does Tarwater do when he and Rayber return home from the church?

5. What does Tarwater want to make clear to Rayber, the "schoolteacher", the morning he goes to his house?

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