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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What information does Haze hope to get from Enoch Emery?
(a) The Hawks' address
(b) Mrs. Watts' address
(c) The location of a good car dealership
(d) The location of the

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

3. What bothers Haze the most about the writing on the boulder?
(a) He believes there are worse sins than using Jesus' name in vain
(b) He has to stop his car to read the small writing at the bottom of the boulder
(c) He doesn't believe that Jesus can free a person of his sins
(d) He believes there are worse offenses than having sex with a prostitute

4. What is Asa Hawks pretending to be to draw more followers to his religion?
(a) Blind
(b) The new Jesus
(c) A devout Christian
(d) A kind and loving father

5. How much money does Haze have saved to buy a car?
(a) $20
(b) $40
(c) $50
(d) He has no money.

6. What does Hazel copy off of the wall of a men's room?
(a) The phone number of a prostitute
(b) The address of a prostitute
(c) Directions to a boarding house
(d) The address of a boarding house

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

8. Why does Haze want to visit the zoo?
(a) To find a woman to sleep with
(b) To see the animals
(c) To find a job
(d) To find Enoch Emery

9. How does Haze ultimately find out where the Hawks family lives?
(a) He finds them on the street and follows them home
(b) He asks others members of the Hawks' congregation where they live
(c) He finds them on the street and asks them where they live
(d) Enoch gives him their address

10. What does Hazel notice about Mrs. Watts' grin?
(a) Her teeth are tightly packed in her mouth
(b) Her teeth are green and pointed
(c) She has no teeth
(d) Her grin is sly

11. What does the serviceman from the gas station do to help Haze's car start?
(a) He puts gas in it
(b) He adds oil to it
(c) He puts new spark plugs in it
(d) He tows it to his shop

12. Which of the following is NOT an example Haze gives to reinforce the message of his church?
(a) The dead stay dead
(b) The blind stay blind
(c) The lame stay lame
(d) The deaf stay deaf

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

14. Who had Hazel dreamed of being like when he was a child?
(a) His brother
(b) His father
(c) His church preacher
(d) His grandfather

15. Where does Haze rent a room?
(a) In the same house as the preacher and his daughter
(b) He decides to stay in his car instead of paying to rent a room
(c) In the same house as Enoch
(d) In Mrs. Watts' home

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't the waitress at the Frosty Bottle like Enoch?

2. What is noteworthy about the taxi driver's appearance?

3. Why did Hazel leave his hometown?

4. Why does Haze stop suddenly in the middle of the road?

5. Why does the car lot owner insist that Haze take the Essex on a test drive?

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