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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 does Rayber say to the innkeeper that deeply annoys Francis?
(a) That Francis is a prophet.
(b) That Francis is his son.
(c) That Francis is a world class fisherman.
(d) That Francis is an orphan.

2. How does Francis know that he has been sexually assaulted?
(a) He is in pain.
(b) All of the above.
(c) His clothes are on backward.
(d) His hands are tied together.

3. What does Meeks sell for a living?
(a) Steel.
(b) Coal.
(c) Silver.
(d) Copper.

4. How does Francis react when he finds Mason's still on the farm?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is relieved.
(c) He is terrified.
(d) He is shocked.

5. Which of the following characters shouted these words: "The prophet I raise up out of this boy will burn your eyes clean!" ?
(a) Mason Tarwater.
(b) Francis Tarwater.
(c) George Rayber.
(d) Bernice Bishop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Francis drink until he is drunk after Mason's death?

2. Which of the following characters believed himself to be a prophet at some point in his life?

3. Which of the following adjectives does NOT describe Francis' behavior while he is living with Rayber?

4. Why did Rayber's wife leave him?

5. Why does Buford Munson bury Francis when he finds him, passed out drunk?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Francis Tarwater come to live with his great-uncle Mason?

2. How was Mason Tarwater buried?

3. How does Mason's neighbor, Buford Munson, react when he hears that Mason is dead?

4. What conversation does Francis have with Meeks right after Mason dies?

5. Who is Francis' "stranger" who is later referred to as his "friend"?

6. What events lead up to Francis vomiting in a lake?

7. How does Bishop die?

8. What type of interaction does Francis have with the second driver that picks him up from the side of the road?

9. Why does Francis fear having to bury his uncle at the opening of the story,"The Violent Bear it Away"?

10. What event at the science museum jars Rayber into remembering his own religious childhood?

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