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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. What is it called when Francis cannot understand how a man of God like Mason can make a living making moonshine?
(a) Simile.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Irony.

2. Who is at the bottom of Mrs. Turpin's class categorization of people?
(a) Unwed mothers.
(b) Colored people.
(c) Trailer park residents.
(d) Bastards.

3. What does Parker feel he cannot live up to?
(a) His wife's high moral standards.
(b) His parents' expectations.
(c) His boss' demands.
(d) His minister's ideals.

4. Which of the following does NOT describe how Parker feels about his wife in PARKER'S BACK?
(a) He feels lucky to have her.
(b) He hates her.
(c) She is critical.
(d) She is too plain.

5. What does Julian's mother offer the Negro child on the bus?
(a) A whistle.
(b) Some candy.
(c) A book.
(d) A penny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Francis do along the way to digging Mason's grave?

2. What is a recurrent topic between Julian and his mother?

3. Which of the following does Mason's nephew NOT tell Francis?

4. With what is Parker obsessed?

5. What does Mason Tarwater consider himself to be in THE VIOLENT BEAR IT AWAY?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mason die and who buries him?

2. Why does Francis have such difficulty living with Mason?

3. What is Mason's history of taking children in order to save them?

4. How does Parker's wife react when she hears about his new tattoo and his accident at work?

5. What story does Francis tell the schoolteacher about Mason's death?

6. What does Francis do in the time shortly after Mason's death?

7. How does Parker meet his wife?

8. Why is the schoolteacher so committed to saving Francis and what happens to him as a result?

9. How are Julian and his mother at odds over integration?

10. What is one of Mason's most controversial decisions?

(see the answer keys)

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