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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. What does Hazel discover when he arrives home after being released from the army?

2. How much money does Haze have saved to buy a car?

3. Which of the following does NOT happen to Haze when he is serving time in the army?

4. Who does Mrs. Hitchcock tell Hazel Motes she going to visit?

5. What does Haze plan to do to show Hawks that the Church Without Christ is the right path for all to follow?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the taxi cab driver surprised when Haze tells her he wants to go to Mrs. Watts' home?

3. What is wrong with Slade's son? Why does his problem bother Haze?

4. Why does Enoch believe he has "wise blood"?

5. Why doesn't the landlady believe Haze will blind himself?

6. How does Haze try to explain away the idea of "new jesus?"

7. What does Haze do when he first departs the train at Taulkinham?

8. How does Enoch get the Gonga costume?

9. What is Onnie Jay Holy's background?

10. Why doesn't the boy Haze is trying to recruit join the Church Without Christ?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Even though he is not the main character in the novel, Enoch Emery plays an important role in its plot. In your essay:

1) Describe Enoch's character traits and how they are developed in the novel

2) Describe the role Enoch plays in the overall plot of the novel

3) Comment on his inclusion in the novel. Is his role important and significant? Why or why not?

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

Essay Topic 2

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

1) Explain at least two characters transform in the novel

2) Demonstrate how you see them transform

3) React to their transformations. Do they end up better or worse off after changing? 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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