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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hazel become angered in the dining car?
(a) He expected to dine with Mrs. Hitchcock, but was separated from her
(b) He believes the steward is out to get him
(c) He did not want to dine with Mrs. Hitchock, but is forced to sit with her
(d) He is angry at the porter for not recognizing him

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

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

4. What does Haze do with the article Hawks shows him about his blindness?
(a) He rips it up in front of Hawks
(b) He keeps it
(c) He takes it with him as evidence of Hawks' deception
(d) He returns it to him

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

6. What does Hazel first notice when he gets off of the train at Taulkinham?
(a) A notice for Mrs. Watts' house
(b) The train station
(c) The bright signs
(d) The men's restroom

7. What does the letter Haze writes to Hawks' daughter say?
(a) He thinks she is the most homely looking girl he has ever seen
(b) He wants to seduce her to upset her father
(c) He wants to marry her
(d) He thinks she is the most beautiful girl he has ever seen

8. What is the secret that Enoch shares with Haze?
(a) His confession that he once killed a man
(b) A shrunken man in a coffin
(c) The Hawks' address
(d) A weapon in the museum

9. What did people claim was the reason for Haze opening his brother's casket at his funeral?
(a) He was heartbroken over his brother's death
(b) He had a morbid fascination with dead people
(c) He wanted to make sure his brother was really dead
(d) He was trying to climb into the coffin to be with his brother

10. What is noteworthy about the taxi driver's appearance?
(a) He is chewing on a cigar
(b) He has a scar across his cheek
(c) He keeps squinting to see Hazel
(d) He is a small man

11. What does Haze declare to both the waitress and the owl at the zoo?
(a) If Jesus existed, I wouldn't be clean.
(b) I am clean.
(c) I ain't no sinner.
(d) Jesus saves.

12. 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

13. What does Haze tell Sabbath Lily makes his vehicle a 'good car'?
(a) It was built by people who had their eyes open
(b) It was built by foreigners
(c) It was built by minorities
(d) It is always able to be fixed

14. Which of the following was NOT a family living in Eastrod?
(a) Hitchcock family
(b) Parrum family
(c) Blasengame family
(d) Motes family

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about Mrs. Watts' house?

2. How did Asa Hawks become blind?

3. What does Enoch do when he first sees Haze at the park?

4. Why does Hazel take his duffel bag with him when he leaves the train?

5. Where are Haze and Enoch going when Haze is almost run over at an intersection?

(see the answer keys)

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