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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tarwater say about the teachings of Mason?
(a) He says he knows better.
(b) He says it will set him free.
(c) He says it's the only truth.
(d) He says he doesn't believe any of it.

2. What catches Tarwater's attention in the store window when he is walking with Rayber?
(a) A red car.
(b) A gold watch.
(c) A gun.
(d) A balloon.

3. Why does Rayber leave his house at the end of chapter 4?
(a) Because Tarwater was gone.
(b) Because of a fight.
(c) Because Bishop ran away.
(d) Because he needed to go to the store.

4. What does Tarwater do with Mason's coffin?
(a) He burns it.
(b) He buries Mason in it.
(c) He does not use it.
(d) He rebuilds it.

5. What does Tarwater want to make clear to Rayber, the "schoolteacher", the morning he goes to his house?
(a) That he wants Bishop to be like a brother.
(b) That he is not to be studied.
(c) That he needs money.
(d) That he disagreed with Mason.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rayber call the aptitude test?

2. Who spent time in an insane asylum?

3. How old was Lucette when she began preaching?

4. Why did Lucette's mother travel to China and Africa?

5. What does Mason tell Tarwater a benefit of living in the woods is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tarwater keep taking out a scrap piece of paper and pencil at the Italian restaurant?

2. How does Tarwater walk as he walks to the museum with Rayber and Bishop?

3. Why does Rayber decide to go to Powderhead with Bishop?

4. What becomes apparent to Tarwater after the death of Mason?

5. Why does Rayber say Tarwater can not eat?

6. At the end of chapter 6, how does Rayber feel about Tarwater?

7. Why does the stranger's voice tell Tarwater that hunger does not count as a sign?

8. What does the schoolteacher do when he first hears that Mason is dead?

9. Why does Mason try to kidnap Bishop?

10. What does the driver of the car do when he realizes Tarwater is passed out?

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