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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. Why does the schoolteacher use the help of a welfare office worker?
(a) To find a new job.
(b) To get child support.
(c) To get unemployment.
(d) To get Tarwater back.

2. What does Mason want at the head of his grave?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A stone.
(c) A cross.
(d) An angel.

3. What part of Tarwater does Rayber see first in the beginning of chapter 5?
(a) His hat.
(b) His teeth.
(c) His chin.
(d) His shoes.

4. What does Meeks say he graduated with?
(a) A B.A.
(b) A high school diploma.
(c) An H.L.L. degree.
(d) An M.A.

5. Who said that their parents did not teach them anything, except "not to wet the bed"?
(a) Tarwater.
(b) Bishop.
(c) Mason.
(d) The schoolteacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rayber have a hard time walking around the town?

2. What is the first thing Tarwater says to the schoolteacher?

3. Who shoots the schoolteacher?

4. Why does Tarwater drop the knocker at the schoolteacher's house?

5. Who does Tarwater smile like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Rayber reminded of when he holds Bishop to tie his shoe?

2. What does Meeks say about the law of work and the law of love?

3. What does the schoolteacher do when he first hears that Mason is dead?

4. Why does Tarwater eat so much at lunch before fishing?

5. What does Tarwater do when he has a hard time thinking of what to say to the woman at the gas station?

6. What does Tarwater tell the truck driver who asks him why his pants are wet?

7. What becomes apparent to Tarwater after the death of Mason?

8. Why does Rayber suddenly duck his head and hide when he is watching Lucette?

9. How does Mason feel Rayber insulted him?

10. What makes Bishop cry when he is dining at the hotel with Tarwater and Rayber?

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