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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 at the end of the trip out into the lake?
(a) He tries to burn the boat.
(b) He catches more fish than Rayber.
(c) He jumps off the boat and swims away.
(d) He eats a live fish.

2. Where do Rayber, Bishop and Tarwater stay during their fishing trip?
(a) The Cherokee Lodge.
(b) The Big Inn.
(c) The Dakota Hotel.
(d) The Summer Lodge.

3. What does the car look like that stops for Tarwater?
(a) It has an extra tire on the back.
(b) It is shorter than most cars.
(c) It is all black.
(d) It is lavender and cream colored.

4. What does Tarwater decide to do with the bottle opener from Rayber?
(a) Buy a drink and open it.
(b) Throw it down the hill.
(c) Sell it at the gas station.
(d) Give it to the Negro boy.

5. What does the stranger's voice tell Tarwater will happen if he performs a baptism?
(a) He will have to keep performing them.
(b) He will see the light.
(c) People may treat him like a prophet.
(d) He may do it wrong.

6. What does Bishop try to do during the ride to the lake?
(a) Jump out of the car.
(b) Climb into the front seat.
(c) Shove Tarwater.
(d) Sing the entire time.

7. What does the water fountain look like at the park?
(a) A lion's head.
(b) A group of mice.
(c) An elephant.
(d) A small child.

8. What does Rayber buy for Tarwater at the gas station?
(a) Fake teeth.
(b) A bottle opener.
(c) A wood plaque.
(d) A cigarette lighter.

9. What does Tarwater feel when he looks at the man in the car who picked him up?
(a) An unpleasant sensation.
(b) Safety and peace.
(c) Overwhelming sadness.
(d) A little apprehension.

10. When Tarwater and Bishop are gone, what does Rayber realize about his relationship with Tarwater?
(a) Rayber realizes how to rehabilitate Tarwater.
(b) Rayber realizes he can adopt Tarwater.
(c) Rayber realizes how to make friends with Tarwater.
(d) Rayber realizes he just wants to be rid of Tarwater.

11. What does Tarwater look like in the clothes Rayber bought him?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) Rayber when he was younger.
(c) Half the boy he could be.
(d) Like someone from the city.

12. What does Tarwater believe happened to Mason's "fancies" and "madness"?
(a) That it is part of the land.
(b) That it has been burned out of him.
(c) That he will serve it forever.
(d) That it has taken over him.

13. Where does Rayber decide to take Tarwater and Bishop the night after Tarwater left the house?
(a) The Natural History Museum.
(b) A French restaurant.
(c) The bank.
(d) The zoo.

14. How does Bishop look when they check into the hotel?
(a) Like he has been crying.
(b) Like he is lost.
(c) Like he dressed himself.
(d) Better than usual.

15. What does Tarwater request from the child standing in front of the Negro's shack?
(a) Some food.
(b) Some money.
(c) Some water.
(d) A bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rayber hear when he turns on his hearing aid the night Tarwater takes Bishop on the boat?

2. Who speaks to Tarwater when he looks at the burned cabin?

3. What premonition does Rayber have when he fills out the card at the hotel?

4. What does Tarwater eat for lunch before fishing?

5. What does the driver of the car offer Tarwater?

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