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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose head was Mason "tied hand and foot inside"?
(a) Tarwater's.
(b) Bishop's.
(c) The schoolteacher's.
(d) Meek's.

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

4. What does Tarwater do with Buford's jug?
(a) Dumps it out.
(b) Hides it.
(c) Breaks it.
(d) Fills it with alcohol.

5. What window does Tarwater stop in front of to look in?
(a) The cleaners.
(b) The petstore.
(c) The bakery.
(d) The toystore.

6. Who does the schoolteacher marry?
(a) A bishop.
(b) Bernice.
(c) Sally.
(d) A schoolteacher.

7. What does Tarwater do when Bishop tries to touch him?
(a) Tarwater runs away.
(b) Tarwater reaches out his own hand.
(c) Tarwater smacks Bishops hand.
(d) Tarwater takes a step back.

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

9. Why did Lucette's mother travel to China and Africa?
(a) Because she was trying to adopt a child.
(b) Because she was rich.
(c) Because she took a year off from work.
(d) Because she was a missionary.

10. 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 just trying to sell him something.
(c) That he is a runaway.
(d) That he is related.

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

12. Who is Tarwater's uncle?
(a) The schoolteacher.
(b) Mason.
(c) Joel.
(d) Francis.

13. Where does Bishop go to school?
(a) He does not go to school.
(b) A school in the next town.
(c) A school for exceptional children.
(d) He is homeschooled.

14. What does Tarwater compare Bishop to when they go to the Italian restaurant?
(a) A hog.
(b) A baby.
(c) A rat.
(d) A thief.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rayber tells Tarwater that now he has a father, how does Tarwater respond?

2. Why does the schoolteacher use the help of a welfare office worker?

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

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

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

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