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

2. Why would Mason leave for days at a time into the woods?
(a) To meditate.
(b) To earn money.
(c) To fight with animals.
(d) To communicate with God.

3. When does Meeks tell Tarwater to contact him?
(a) If he gets hungry by next week.
(b) In two days.
(c) If he can't stay with his uncle.
(d) In a month.

4. What does Lucette wear?
(a) A cape and a skirt.
(b) A black jacket.
(c) A man's jacket and tie.
(d) A long white dress.

5. Who takes the form of the devil in chapter 2?
(a) Bishop.
(b) The schoolteacher.
(c) Meeks.
(d) Tarwater.

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

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

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

9. What does Mason want at the head of his grave?
(a) A cross.
(b) Nothing.
(c) An angel.
(d) A stone.

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

11. Who does Tarwater smile like?
(a) Meeks.
(b) The schoolteacher.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Mason.

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

13. When does Tarwater hear the stranger's voice?
(a) When he is raking the grass.
(b) When he is burning leaves.
(c) When he is digging a grave.
(d) When he is sitting on the porch.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What window does Tarwater stop in front of to look in?

2. What does Tarwater think about Mason's property after Mason's death?

3. How does Mason describe the end of the world?

4. What does Mason tell Tarwater about his place?

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

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