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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pete wants his father to be _______ for him about his new religious life.
(a) Sad.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Upset.

2. During this particular summer in the book, Pete was feeling especially ___________ in his life.
(a) Bored.
(b) Excited.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Lost.

3. What does the narrator expect to wipe away from his hands after the story is done?
(a) Nothing.
(b) His family.
(c) Fine white dust.
(d) Rufus.

4. During what season did the Man come into town?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

5. The other pastor that announces the Preacher Man is the ________ pastor of the gathering.
(a) Presiding.
(b) Student.
(c) Head.
(d) Assistant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after Pete's parents go back inside the house?

2. What on Jesus' face seemed to draw Pete toward him, so much so that he couldn't stop looking at him?

3. Pete promised to buy Rufus a _________ when they went to the truck stop.

4. Since what grade have Rufus and Pete been friends with each other, despite their differences?

5. What does the Preacher Man do after the service is over and he's out with the people?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when the Preacher Man takes Pete's hand after the service?

2. What happened, according to Pete, to the congregation when the service was over with the Preacher Man?

3. What did Pete feel embarrassed about the day after his first encounter with the Preacher Man?

4. What will make getting rid of the item in the drawer much easier, according to the story?

5. What does Pete tell his parents about the fact that they never go to church together when they are sitting together eating breakfast?

6. What does Pete feel about going to church the next night, after seeing his father's reaction to the news of being saved?

7. What would happen on Sundays at church, according to Pete as he tells the story?

8. What was the reaction that Pete had to the Preacher Man, the more that he listened to him?

9. Why did Pete's grandfather not want to take his glasses off when he was baptized?

10. What do Pete and the Preacher Man do after the Preacher Man buys him a soda?

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