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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the car low owner's son mutter as Haze shops for a car?
(a) Criticism of his father
(b) Rude comments about Haze
(c) Religious curses
(d) Biblical scripture

2. Why doesn't Enoch give Haze the address he promised to him?
(a) He is angry with Haze
(b) He lied about knowing the address
(c) He wants to take him there himself
(d) He cannot remember it

3. Whose coffin was the first Hazel had ever seen?
(a) His brother's
(b) His grandfather's
(c) His mother's
(d) His father's

4. Where are Haze and Enoch going when Haze is almost run over at an intersection?
(a) They are going to Mrs. Watts' house
(b) They are headed to a local church to hear the blind preacher speak
(c) They are following the preacher and his daughter
(d) They are following the street vendor

5. What confuses Haze about Sabbath Lily's parentage?
(a) Her father did not remarry after her mother died
(b) Her parents were never married
(c) Her father and mother divorced
(d) The girl never knew her real mother

6. What is the street vendor in Taulkinham selling?
(a) Cookware
(b) Potato peelers
(c) Apple peelers
(d) Peeled potatoes

7. Where do Haze and Sabbath Lily go after parking the car on a dirt road?
(a) They sit in the car
(b) They walk further down the dirt road
(c) They walk down to the stream
(d) They sit under a tree together

8. Which of the following is NOT a feature of the car Haze wants to buy?
(a) The front passenger seat is rotted out
(b) The horn doesn't work
(c) The driver's side door is held on with rope
(d) It has a piece of wood for the back seat

9. What is Mrs. Watts doing when Hazel arrives at her house?
(a) Entertaining another man
(b) Reading a magazine
(c) Cutting her toenails
(d) Applying cream to her face

10. Where does Haze go after he finished preaching outside of the movie theaters?
(a) To his boarding house
(b) To find the Hawks'
(c) To find Enoch
(d) To Mrs. Watts' house

11. What does Hazel do with the religious pamphlet that the young girl gives him?
(a) He reads it carefully and engages the preacher in a discussion
(b) He throws it in the nearest garbage can.
(c) He passes it on to Enoch Emery
(d) He tears it into pieces and scatters them on the ground

12. What did Hazel consider doing to avoid having to serve in the army?
(a) Shoot off his foot
(b) Become a preacher
(c) Run away to a foreign country
(d) Become a teacher

13. Why did Enoch decide to work at the city park?
(a) His father arranged for him to have a job there
(b) He could not find a job elsewhere
(c) He believes the job makes him more attractive to women
(d) He believes it is the heart of the city

14. What commentary does the taxi driver offer on preachers?
(a) He believes they think they are too good to believe in anything
(b) He believes they should have the same experiences that regular men do
(c) He believes they are all sinners at heart just like regular folk
(d) He believes they are the holiest men on earth

15. What is in the cage labeled "TWO DEADLY ENEMIES" along side the dirt road?
(a) A chicken and a rooster
(b) A chicken and a chicken hawk
(c) A bear and a chicken hawk
(d) A bear and a chicken

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT a family living in Eastrod?

2. What does the serviceman from the gas station do to help Haze's car start?

3. How much does Enoch tell the salesman he will give him for one of his products?

4. Why did Hazel leave his hometown?

5. What happens to Hazel when he departs the train?

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