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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 won't get used to Tarwater?
(a) Bernice.
(b) Meeks.
(c) Bishop.
(d) The schoolteacher.

2. Who spent time in an insane asylum?
(a) Mason.
(b) Tarwater.
(c) Bishop.
(d) The schoolteacher.

3. What small town does this story begin in?
(a) Clamhead.
(b) Tarwater.
(c) Backwoods.
(d) Powderhead.

4. What does Tarwater do when he and Rayber return home from the church?
(a) He says he wants to eat.
(b) He refuses to come inside.
(c) He goes directly to bed.
(d) He stands outside the door for a moment.

5. When Rayber is watching Lucette's parents, who does he keep envisioning?
(a) Mason.
(b) Tarwater.
(c) His father.
(d) The devil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who will inherit Mason's land?

2. What does Mason want at the head of his grave?

3. What does Mason tell Tarwater about his place?

4. What does Mason tell Tarwater a benefit of living in the woods is?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the sign of returning health that Rayber wants to see in Tarwater?

2. What makes Bishop cry when he is dining at the hotel with Tarwater and Rayber?

3. What things does Mason teach Tarwater?

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

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

6. How does Meeks say man can get ahead?

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

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

9. When Meeks asks what line of work Tarwater will get into, what does he say?

10. Why does Rayber say Tarwater can not eat?

(see the answer keys)

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