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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following stops is NOT part of Enoch Emery's daily routine at the park?

2. Where does Hazel finally meet up with the blind preacher?

3. Why does Hazel choose the last bathroom stall to go into?

4. How does Haze ultimately find out where the Hawks family lives?

5. What does Sabbath Lily tell Haze happened to her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the appearance of the Essex that Haze buys

2. Why does Haze say he does not need a church to preach in?

3. How do Haze's views as presented in the Church Without Christ fit with his beliefs about Sabbath Lily's parentage?

4. What does Enoch tell Gonga the gorilla when he meets him?

5. Describe Haze's experience in the train dining car

6. What does the article "Evangelist Promises to Blind Himself" say about Hawks?

7. What is Onnie Jay Holy's background?

8. Describe the religious message Haze preaches outside of the library

9. What bothers Mrs. Flood about Haze's government subsidy?

10. How does the night of the revival where Hawks is to blind himself actually play out?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Wise Blood is written in third person point of view. Write an essay examining the novel's point of view focusing on:

1) How the author uses the point of view to tell the story

2) The amount of information given based on this point of view

3) Comment on how the novel would be different if it was told from a different point of view

Be sure to use specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Redemption is a major theme in this novel. In your essay,

1) Explain the author's commentary on redemption

2) Demonstrate how she develops this commentary in the novel

3) React to her commentary. Do you agree or disagree with her? Why?

Be sure to use specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

The role that religion plays in the lives of the characters in this novel is integral to its plot and theme. Pick two of the novel's characters and compare and contrast:

1) Their religious beliefs

2) How their beliefs develop

3) How they chose to demonstrate their beliefs.

Be sure to use specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.

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