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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tarwater say he would baptize as soon as Bishop?
(a) A door.
(b) A dog.
(c) A stick.
(d) Rayber.

2. What name does Tarwater scratch off of the card Rayber fills out at the hotel?
(a) Rayber.
(b) Frank.
(c) George.
(d) Bishop.

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

4. What does Rayber define as the great dignity of man?
(a) Resisting the pressure.
(b) Being born once.
(c) Being born twice.
(d) Seeing the light.

5. Who picks Tarwater up at the side of the road?
(a) A man in a small car.
(b) Meeks.
(c) A cab.
(d) A truck driver.

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

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

8. What does the man who picks Tarwater up say he needs in exchange for the ride?
(a) A woman.
(b) Twenty-five dollars.
(c) To be kept awake.
(d) A place to stay in town.

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

10. What does the receptionist observe about Rayber?
(a) His tie is crooked.
(b) He has a new haircut.
(c) His pants have holes in them.
(d) He has two different colored socks.

11. When does Tarwater believe he can walk to Powderhead by?
(a) Half an hour.
(b) Two days.
(c) Sundown.
(d) Sunrise.

12. 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) Puts it in his pocket.
(d) Punches the wall with it.

13. What does Rayber realize about Tarwater as he looks into the pool of water?
(a) That he cannot understand him.
(b) That he cannot save him.
(c) That he cannot reason with him.
(d) That he cannot keep him in his house.

14. Why does Tarwater say he was a fool?
(a) For burning the cabin in Powderhead.
(b) For burning Mason's body.
(c) For baptizing Bishop.
(d) For drowning Bishop.

15. What does Rayber say always "irks" him?
(a) When people stare at Bishop.
(b) When people call him "sugerpie".
(c) When Tarwater disobeys.
(d) When people assume things.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rayber say his "violent self" makes him see Tarwater as?

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

3. What did Bishop do with his hat when he was on the boat with Tarwater?

4. Who does Tarwater see at the gas station?

5. Where does Bishop run to when he jumps out of the car in Powderhead?

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