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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 Meeks do every time Tarwater mentions Mason?
(a) He agrees with Mason's ideas.
(b) He challenges Mason's ideas.
(c) He rolls his eyes.
(d) He yells at Tarwater.

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

3. Who takes the form of the devil in chapter 2?
(a) Meeks.
(b) Tarwater.
(c) The schoolteacher.
(d) Bishop.

4. Why does the schoolteacher use the help of a welfare office worker?
(a) To get unemployment.
(b) To find a new job.
(c) To get child support.
(d) To get Tarwater back.

5. What part of Tarwater does Rayber see first in the beginning of chapter 5?
(a) His shoes.
(b) His chin.
(c) His teeth.
(d) His hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "A dead man is not going to do you any good"?

2. Who does Tarwater smile like?

3. What does the schoolteacher first think when Tarwater shows up at his house?

4. As Meeks drives with Tarwater, what does he consider doing with Tarwater?

5. What is the first thing Tarwater says to the schoolteacher?

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. During the fishing trip what does Rayber say he does and does not have the guts for?

3. Why does Rayber bring Tarwater breakfast in bed?

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

5. What does the stranger's voice tell Tarwater about burying Mason?

6. What does Rayber say Mason did to Tarwater?

7. At the end of the novel, what does Tarwater discover about Mason's body?

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

9. When Mason tells Tarwater about his kidnapping, what does he say about the schoolteacher?

10. Why does Tarwater turn down Meeks' offer to drop him off at Rayber's?

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