The Violent Bear It Away Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Violent Bear It Away Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 113 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Tarwater say he went to the church?
(a) To be saved.
(b) To spit on it.
(c) To laugh at it.
(d) To be healed.

2. Who spent time in an insane asylum?
(a) Bishop.
(b) Mason.
(c) Tarwater.
(d) The schoolteacher.

3. How old was Lucette when she began preaching?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

4. What does Tarwater think about Mason's property after Mason's death?
(a) He thinks about selling the place.
(b) He thinks about how to pay the taxes.
(c) He thinks about renting the place.
(d) He thinks about the changes he can make.

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

6. Who thought that everything was a "false alarm"?
(a) Rayber.
(b) Mason.
(c) Tarwater.
(d) Lucette.

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

8. What reason does Mason give for his finding a lover for Tarwater's mother?
(a) To raise her self-confidence.
(b) To get her to move away.
(c) To get her a child.
(d) To earn money.

9. What does Meeks say he graduated with?
(a) A B.A.
(b) A high school diploma.
(c) An H.L.L. degree.
(d) An M.A.

10. What about Tarwater makes fury rise in Rayber?
(a) The way he is independent.
(b) The way he eats.
(c) The way he does not care about the new clothes.
(d) The way he follows him around the house.

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

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

13. What does Tarwater confuse the city lights with?
(a) Hell.
(b) Cars.
(c) Aliens.
(d) Fire.

14. How does Tarwater prove to Meeks that the schoolteacher lives in town?
(a) He finds him in a phonebook.
(b) He makes him drive to his house.
(c) He has him pull over to ask someone.
(d) He doesn't convince him.

15. The stranger's voice tells Tarwater to go where?
(a) To the north.
(b) To town.
(c) To the woods.
(d) To the shack.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mason Tarwater do for a living?

3. What was the one time Mason decided to stop prophesying?

4. As Meeks drives with Tarwater, what does he consider doing with Tarwater?

5. What does Tarwater say about the teachings of Mason?

(see the answer keys)

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