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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 know as soon as he sees Bishop?
(a) That he needs to kidnap him.
(b) That the schoolteacher has been beating him.
(c) That he needs a bath.
(d) That he has to baptize him.

2. What does Tarwater confuse the city lights with?
(a) Cars.
(b) Fire.
(c) Aliens.
(d) Hell.

3. Who has a gash in their ear?
(a) Tarwater.
(b) Bishop.
(c) The schoolteacher.
(d) Meeks.

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

5. What does Mason want at the head of his grave?
(a) An angel.
(b) A stone.
(c) A cross.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Tarwater do with Mason's coffin?

3. Why does Rayber leave his house at the end of chapter 4?

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

5. What small town does this story begin in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What things does Mason teach Tarwater?

5. What is Rayber's plan for Tarwater on the fishing trip?

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

7. Why does Mason try to kidnap Bishop?

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

9. Why does Tarwater start walking toward Powderhead?

10. What does Meeks say about the law of work and the law of love?

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