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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 with the books, clothing, and other items the schoolteacher bought for him?
(a) Tarwater sells them.
(b) Tarwater ignores them.
(c) Tarwater hides them.
(d) Tarwater says thank you.

2. Why does Tarwater say he went to the church?
(a) To laugh at it.
(b) To spit on it.
(c) To be saved.
(d) To be healed.

3. Why does Tarwater drop the knocker at the schoolteacher's house?
(a) It breaks.
(b) It is cold.
(c) He doesn't want to visit.
(d) It looks like the devil.

4. After four days with Tarwater, how does the schoolteacher feel?
(a) He feels determined.
(b) He feels excited.
(c) He feels unsure.
(d) He feels exhausted.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is part of a "simple equation that required no further solution"?

2. Why does Rayber think Tarwater is headed into town the night he leaves the house?

3. Who takes the form of the devil in chapter 2?

4. What small town does this story begin in?

5. Who said that their parents did not teach them anything, except "not to wet the bed"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Tarwater start walking toward Powderhead?

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

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

5. How does Meeks say man can get ahead?

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

7. What is Rayber reminded of when he holds Bishop to tie his shoe?

8. What does Tarwater do when Bishop sits on the stairs in front of him at the hotel?

9. How does Tarwater respond when the woman at the hotel tells him to not do the devil's work at the hotel?

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

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