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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the car look like that stops for Tarwater?
(a) It is shorter than most cars.
(b) It is all black.
(c) It has an extra tire on the back.
(d) It is lavender and cream colored.

2. What does the driver of the car offer Tarwater?
(a) A cigarette.
(b) Wine.
(c) A place to stay.
(d) Ten dollars.

3. What does Rayber define as the great dignity of man?
(a) Being born twice.
(b) Seeing the light.
(c) Being born once.
(d) Resisting the pressure.

4. What does Rayber buy for Tarwater at the gas station?
(a) A wood plaque.
(b) A cigarette lighter.
(c) Fake teeth.
(d) A bottle opener.

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

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

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

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

9. What does Rayber hear when he turns on his hearing aid the night Tarwater takes Bishop on the boat?
(a) Tarwater's laugh.
(b) Nothing, the hearing aid was broken.
(c) Nothing but crickets.
(d) Bishop's bellow.

10. Why does Rayber say they can no longer go to the museum?
(a) Because Tarwater left.
(b) Because it is too late.
(c) Because of the need to change Bishop's shoes.
(d) Because they don't have enough money.

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

12. Why does Rayber hold Bishop in his lap at the park?
(a) To get a hug.
(b) To keep him quiet.
(c) To tie his shoe.
(d) To wait for Tarwater.

13. Whose presence does Tarwater feel at the park when Bishop jumps in the fountain?
(a) The stranger's.
(b) Rayber's.
(c) Mason's.
(d) Lucette's.

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

15. When Tarwater sees Bishop in the water fountain, what does Bishop's face remind him of?
(a) A mirror.
(b) A lion.
(c) A fool.
(d) A baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says they won't see a sane person until they get to Detroit?

2. What premonition does Rayber have when he fills out the card at the hotel?

3. Where did Rayber's wife, Bernice, go when she left him?

4. Why does Rayber feel he had ruined his plan in chapter 9?

5. What did Bishop do with his hat when he was on the boat with Tarwater?

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