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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What small town does this story begin in?
(a) Backwoods.
(b) Clamhead.
(c) Powderhead.
(d) Tarwater.

2. What does Tarwater say about the teachings of Mason?
(a) He says it's the only truth.
(b) He says it will set him free.
(c) He says he knows better.
(d) He says he doesn't believe any of it.

3. What does Tarwater do when he and Rayber return home from the church?
(a) He stands outside the door for a moment.
(b) He goes directly to bed.
(c) He refuses to come inside.
(d) He says he wants to eat.

4. How did Mason describe the schoolteacher's house?
(a) A horse barn.
(b) A dog house.
(c) A bird nest.
(d) A fox hole.

5. Who shoots the schoolteacher?
(a) Mason.
(b) Buford.
(c) Tarwater.
(d) Bernice.

6. What is the first thing Tarwater says to the schoolteacher?
(a) That he needs to see Bishop.
(b) That Mason is dead.
(c) That God sent him there.
(d) That he needs money.

7. Who says they are free?
(a) Bernice.
(b) Tarwater.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Rayber.

8. Who has a gash in their ear?
(a) Meeks.
(b) Tarwater.
(c) The schoolteacher.
(d) Bishop.

9. What does Rayber compare Lucette to?
(a) A blinded bird.
(b) A deaf cat.
(c) A scared puppy.
(d) A baby bear.

10. When Rayber tells Tarwater that now he has a father, how does Tarwater respond?
(a) Tarwater says he didn't ask for a father.
(b) Tarwater ignores Rayber.
(c) Tarwater says he already has a father.
(d) Tarwater says he is glad.

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

12. What does the banner say on the building Rayber thinks Tarwater went into late at night?
(a) "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."
(b) "Unless ye be born again."
(c) "The time has come."
(d) "Pray ye, for all."

13. Who did Mason convince to get a job in his sister's house?
(a) The schoolteacher.
(b) Luella Munson.
(c) Tarwater.
(d) Bernice.

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

15. What does Meeks do for a living?
(a) Phonebook salesman.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Copper flue salesman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bishop go to school?

2. What does Meeks think of Tarwater after driving for only a short while?

3. What does Tarwater compare Mason's dead eyes to?

4. What does the schoolteacher first think when Tarwater shows up at his house?

5. What reason does Mason give for his finding a lover for Tarwater's mother?

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