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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What two feelings does Rayber have for Tarwater as they go on their fishing trip?
(a) Love and scorn.
(b) Misery and anger.
(c) Compassion and fury.
(d) Hatred and fear.

3. What does Bishop do when he sees the fountain at the park?
(a) He starts to yell.
(b) He throws money into it.
(c) He runs away afraid.
(d) He jumps in.

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

5. What does Tarwater keep telling himself while walking?
(a) That he will be alone forever.
(b) That he will soon be home.
(c) That he is right, everyone else is wrong.
(d) That he isn't hungry.

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

7. What was the "enormous" Rayber saved Bishop from?
(a) Being teased.
(b) Being taken away.
(c) Being beat.
(d) Being baptized.

8. When Rayber was in the newspaper, what did the caption say?
(a) Man runs for mayor.
(b) Overjoyed father finds missing son.
(c) Man loses son at the beach.
(d) Overjoyed father sees son revived.

9. What does Tarwater believe happened to Mason's "fancies" and "madness"?
(a) That it has been burned out of him.
(b) That it is part of the land.
(c) That he will serve it forever.
(d) That it has taken over him.

10. What does Tarwater ask to buy at the gas station?
(a) Orange juice.
(b) A purple drink.
(c) Water.
(d) Soda.

11. What does the stranger's voice tell Tarwater to wait for?
(a) A sensation.
(b) A rainy day.
(c) A whale to show him what to do.
(d) A real sign.

12. Why does Rayber think a fishing trip is a good idea?
(a) To catch dinner.
(b) To have some silence.
(c) To start bonding.
(d) To ease the tension.

13. What did Bernice want to happen to Bishop?
(a) She wanted Rayber to raise Bishop alone.
(b) She wanted Bishop put in an institution.
(c) She wanted Bishop to be put up for adoption.
(d) She wanted to raise Bishop alone.

14. What does the receptionist observe about Rayber?
(a) His tie is crooked.
(b) His pants have holes in them.
(c) He has a new haircut.
(d) He has two different colored socks.

15. Where does Bishop run to when he jumps out of the car in Powderhead?
(a) The mule farm.
(b) The blackberry bushes.
(c) The lake.
(d) Mason's cabin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tarwater write on the check-in card at the hotel?

2. What does the man who picks Tarwater up say he needs in exchange for the ride?

3. Why does Tarwater say he was a fool?

4. What does Rayber say about Bishop during the fishing trip?

5. Why does Rayber know that Tarwater will always return to him?

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