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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the city park remind Rayber of?
(a) Powderhead.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Peace.
(d) Trash.

2. What does Tarwater do with the hand Bishop tried to touch in the hotel lobby?
(a) Uses it to push Bishop.
(b) Washes it.
(c) Punches the wall with it.
(d) Puts it in his pocket.

3. Who says, "You can't be born again"?
(a) Tarwater.
(b) Bishop.
(c) The driver.
(d) Rayber.

4. What premonition does Rayber have when he fills out the card at the hotel?
(a) That Bishop needs help.
(b) That Tarwater will be saved.
(c) That he will lose money.
(d) That the trip is doomed.

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

6. What does Rayber think Tarwater is going to do to Bishop as they leave the restaurant?
(a) Rayber thinks Tarwater is trying to preach to Bishop.
(b) Rayber thinks Tarwater is trying to hurt Bishop.
(c) Rayber thinks Tarwater is trying to kidnap Bishop.
(d) Rayber thinks Tarwater is trying to control Bishop.

7. Why does Rayber offer Tarwater his glass of water at the hotel restaurant?
(a) To make peace.
(b) To baptize Bishop with.
(c) To make sure Tarwater didn't try to poison him.
(d) Because he is thirsty.

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

9. What happens when Tarwater tries to eat while walking?
(a) He drops the food.
(b) He is robbed.
(c) He can't eat enough.
(d) His stomach rejects it.

10. Why does Rayber hold Bishop in his lap at the park?
(a) To wait for Tarwater.
(b) To get a hug.
(c) To tie his shoe.
(d) To keep him quiet.

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

12. Who says, "It takes all kinds of women"?
(a) The mayor.
(b) Rayber.
(c) The boat renter.
(d) The receptionist.

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

14. Why does Bishop jump off of Tarwater's bed at the end of chapter 8?
(a) Rayber asks him to go for a ride.
(b) Tarwater tries to hit him.
(c) He says he wants ice cream.
(d) He actually falls off the bed.

15. What does Rayber hear when he turns on his hearing aid the night Tarwater takes Bishop on the boat?
(a) Tarwater's laugh.
(b) Nothing, the hearing aid was broken.
(c) Bishop's bellow.
(d) Nothing but crickets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rayber define as the great dignity of man?

2. After leaving the gas station, what does Tarwater hunger for in addition to food and drink?

3. What does the voice say Tarwater's sign is?

4. How does Bishop look when they check into the hotel?

5. When Tarwater gets dressed in the woods, what happens?

(see the answer keys)

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