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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 is Athey's physical condition?

2. Into what type of building does Jayber move?

3. Who cuts Jayber's hair after he moves?

4. How much rent does Jayber pay at his new home?

5. How do the women of Port William perceive Jayber?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Jayber and Athey become good friends?

2. What are the sad circumstances that allow Jayber to spend more time with Mattie?

3. What does Jayber realize as he begins to pray again?

4. What does Jayber come to realize about the community and the inevitable changes in life?

5. Describe the dream Jayber has that includes many of his old friends.

6. How does Jayber adjust to the changing world in the 1960s?

7. How does the author show that both Jayber and Athey are capable of having compassion even for people they do not like?

8. What allows Jayber to forgive Cecelia and Troy even though they are both people he does not like?

9. What lesson does the young Athey learn when his father puts him in charge of killing hogs one day?

10. What has happened in the Keith family that makes Troy feel as if he is free from any further obligations?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the ongoing conflict between Jayber and Cecelia Overhold. What are the main sources of the conflict? Why does it perpetuate? What does Jayber learn about the source of Cecelia's true anger? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

What is the overall setting for the novel? Be sure to include geography, time period and any pertinent popular culture events. Why did Berry choose to use these places in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Project into the future ten years after the end of the novel and write a brief synopsis for Jayber's life. Will he still be alive? Who will be present in his life? Where will he be living? What will his thoughts about the world and religion be by this time? Explain.

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