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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. Who says they are "just now waking up"?
(a) Buford.
(b) Mason.
(c) Meeks.
(d) Tarwater.

2. What does Rayber forget to put on the night he follows Tarwater?
(a) His coat.
(b) His shoes.
(c) His hat.
(d) His pants.

3. What does Lucette wear?
(a) A man's jacket and tie.
(b) A cape and a skirt.
(c) A long white dress.
(d) A black jacket.

4. How does Mason describe the end of the world?
(a) The world floods.
(b) Jesus holding people's hands.
(c) Prophets ascend to heaven last.
(d) The world is on fire.

5. How does Tarwater prove to Meeks that the schoolteacher lives in town?
(a) He doesn't convince him.
(b) He makes him drive to his house.
(c) He has him pull over to ask someone.
(d) He finds him in a phonebook.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who spent time in an insane asylum?

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

3. According to the voice, what's the only reason Mason wanted Tarwater?

4. What does Meeks think of Tarwater after driving for only a short while?

5. Who has a gash in their ear?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Mason feel Rayber insulted him?

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

5. What two histories does Tarwater say he knows "completely"?

6. When Tarwater looks at the burned remains of the cabin, what does he think?

7. Why does the schoolteacher leave his hearing aid on at night?

8. How does Meeks say man can get ahead?

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

10. How does Tarwater respond when the truck driver says he better not be sick?

(see the answer keys)

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