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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. Why would Mason leave for days at a time into the woods?
(a) To meditate.
(b) To earn money.
(c) To fight with animals.
(d) To communicate with God.

2. Who will inherit Mason's land?
(a) Tarwater.
(b) The schoolteacher.
(c) Bishop.
(d) No one.

3. How did Mason describe the schoolteacher's house?
(a) A fox hole.
(b) A bird nest.
(c) A horse barn.
(d) A dog house.

4. Who does the schoolteacher marry?
(a) A schoolteacher.
(b) A bishop.
(c) Bernice.
(d) Sally.

5. What does Tarwater do with Buford's jug?
(a) Hides it.
(b) Dumps it out.
(c) Breaks it.
(d) Fills it with alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the one time Mason decided to stop prophesying?

2. When does Meeks tell Tarwater to contact him?

3. Who has a gash in their ear?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mason feel Rayber insulted him?

2. Why does Tarwater balk at Mason's directions for burying him?

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

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

5. Why does Rayber say that Tarwater is his son also when they check in to the hotel?

6. Why does Buford come to Mason's shack in the beginning of chapter 1?

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

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

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

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

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