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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Rayber decide to take Tarwater and Bishop the night after Tarwater left the house?
(a) The bank.
(b) The zoo.
(c) The Natural History Museum.
(d) A French restaurant.

2. How does Bishop look when they check into the hotel?
(a) Like he dressed himself.
(b) Better than usual.
(c) Like he is lost.
(d) Like he has been crying.

3. Why does Rayber offer Tarwater his glass of water at the hotel restaurant?
(a) To make peace.
(b) To baptize Bishop with.
(c) Because he is thirsty.
(d) To make sure Tarwater didn't try to poison him.

4. What does Tarwater feel when he looks at the man in the car who picked him up?
(a) Overwhelming sadness.
(b) Safety and peace.
(c) An unpleasant sensation.
(d) A little apprehension.

5. What does Tarwater write on the check-in card at the hotel?
(a) Not his son.
(b) Hate the child.
(c) Not having fun.
(d) Praise the Lord.

6. What trip does Rayber have planned next for Tarwater?
(a) A train ride.
(b) A plane ride.
(c) No trip, he is sending Tarwater back to Powderhead.
(d) The Natural History Museum.

7. When does Tarwater believe he can walk to Powderhead by?
(a) Half an hour.
(b) Sundown.
(c) Sunrise.
(d) Two days.

8. What does the driver of the car say cures a cough?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Orange juice.
(c) A good night's sleep.
(d) Kissing a woman.

9. What does Bishop try to do during the ride to the lake?
(a) Shove Tarwater.
(b) Climb into the front seat.
(c) Jump out of the car.
(d) Sing the entire time.

10. What happens when Tarwater takes Bishop on the boat?
(a) He baptizes him.
(b) He drowns him.
(c) He baptizes and drowns him.
(d) He and Bishop get lost.

11. What name does Tarwater scratch off of the card Rayber fills out at the hotel?
(a) Bishop.
(b) Frank.
(c) Rayber.
(d) George.

12. Why does Rayber know that Tarwater will always return to him?
(a) Because of Bishop.
(b) Because they are related.
(c) Because Tarwater wants help.
(d) Because Tarwater has no place to go.

13. Who says, "You can't be born again"?
(a) Rayber.
(b) The driver.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Tarwater.

14. What does Tarwater decide to do with the bottle opener from Rayber?
(a) Sell it at the gas station.
(b) Buy a drink and open it.
(c) Throw it down the hill.
(d) Give it to the Negro boy.

15. Who does Tarwater see at the gas station?
(a) The devil.
(b) Someone who looks like Rayber.
(c) Rayber.
(d) A woman Mason liked to talk to.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the voice say Tarwater's sign is?

2. What does Rayber define as the great dignity of man?

3. After leaving the gas station, what does Tarwater hunger for in addition to food and drink?

4. What does Bishop do when he sees the fountain at the park?

5. What does Tarwater say he would baptize as soon as Bishop?

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