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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does Tarwater hitch a ride into town with?
(a) Bernice.
(b) A newspaper salesman.
(c) Buford.
(d) Meeks.

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

6. What does the schoolteacher describe as "coming out of darkness into light"?
(a) Getting baptized.
(b) Raising Bishop.
(c) Tarwater riding with Meeks.
(d) Tarwater breaking free from Mason.

7. What does Mason Tarwater do for a living?
(a) Sells moonshine.
(b) Shines shoes.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Preacher.

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

9. What does Meeks think of Tarwater after driving for only a short while?
(a) That he has a good business idea.
(b) That he is related.
(c) That he is a runaway.
(d) That he is just trying to sell him something.

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

11. What part of Tarwater does Rayber see first in the beginning of chapter 5?
(a) His teeth.
(b) His chin.
(c) His hat.
(d) His shoes.

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

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

14. Who says they are "just now waking up"?
(a) Buford.
(b) Tarwater.
(c) Meeks.
(d) Mason.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bishop go to school?

2. What does Tarwater do with Buford's jug?

3. What does Tarwater compare Bishop to when they go to the Italian restaurant?

4. Who has a gash in their ear?

5. Who does the schoolteacher marry?

(see the answer keys)

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