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

2. What does Tarwater say about burying Mason?
(a) Mason's coffin broke.
(b) Mason was too big to bury.
(c) Mason wanted too fancy of a grave.
(d) Mason did not leave instructions.

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

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

5. How did Mason describe the schoolteacher's house?
(a) A bird nest.
(b) A fox hole.
(c) A horse barn.
(d) A dog house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tarwater compare Bishop to when they go to the Italian restaurant?

2. What type of boy does Mason say Tarwater is?

3. According to the schoolteacher, what is the only thing Bishop can do?

4. Whose head was Mason "tied hand and foot inside"?

5. Who says they are "just now waking up"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tarwater do when he has a hard time thinking of what to say to the woman at the gas station?

2. How does Rayber describe the windows of the building Lucette preaches in?

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

4. What does Tarwater tell the truck driver who asks him why his pants are wet?

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

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

7. Why does Mason try to kidnap Bishop?

8. In chapter 9 when Rayber watches Tarwater interact with Bishop in the bedroom why does Rayber admit to being jealous?

9. Why does Tarwater eat so much at lunch before fishing?

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

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