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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Rayber realizes he owns Mason's land, what does he think?
(a) That he could start a lumber company.
(b) That it could be sold to pay for college.
(c) That it could actually belong to Tarwater.
(d) That he could farm it properly.

2. Where does Rayber decide to take Tarwater and Bishop the night after Tarwater left the house?
(a) The Natural History Museum.
(b) The bank.
(c) A French restaurant.
(d) The zoo.

3. What does Rayber hear when he turns on his hearing aid the night Tarwater takes Bishop on the boat?
(a) Bishop's bellow.
(b) Nothing, the hearing aid was broken.
(c) Nothing but crickets.
(d) Tarwater's laugh.

4. What did Bernice want to happen to Bishop?
(a) She wanted Rayber to raise Bishop alone.
(b) She wanted Bishop put in an institution.
(c) She wanted to raise Bishop alone.
(d) She wanted Bishop to be put up for adoption.

5. What premonition does Rayber have when he fills out the card at the hotel?
(a) That the trip is doomed.
(b) That Tarwater will be saved.
(c) That Bishop needs help.
(d) That he will lose money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tarwater believe happened to Mason's "fancies" and "madness"?

2. What does Tarwater's long face remind Rayber of?

3. Who thinks to himself, "I must have infinite patience"?

4. What does Rayber say his "violent self" makes him see Tarwater as?

5. What does Tarwater say when Rayber asks, "You'll look after him?"

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