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

2. Where was Mason kept for four years?
(a) The woods.
(b) A college.
(c) An asylum.
(d) A church.

3. Who thought that everything was a "false alarm"?
(a) Mason.
(b) Lucette.
(c) Rayber.
(d) Tarwater.

4. Whose head was Mason "tied hand and foot inside"?
(a) The schoolteacher's.
(b) Meek's.
(c) Bishop's.
(d) Tarwater's.

5. How old was Lucette when she began preaching?
(a) Eight.
(b) Ten.
(c) Six.
(d) Eleven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rayber forget to put on the night he follows Tarwater?

2. What does Mason want at the head of his grave?

3. After four days with Tarwater, how does the schoolteacher feel?

4. What happened after Rayber was shot by Mason?

5. Why does Rayber think Tarwater is headed into town the night he leaves the house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Rayber say that Tarwater is his son also when they check in to the hotel?

3. Why does Rayber say Tarwater can not eat?

4. Why does Rayber advise Tarwater to avoid extremes?

5. In chapter 9 when Rayber watches Tarwater interact with Bishop in the bedroom why does Rayber admit to being jealous?

6. How does Tarwater respond when the truck driver says he better not be sick?

7. Why does Tarwater keep taking out a scrap piece of paper and pencil at the Italian restaurant?

8. Why does Mason try to kidnap Bishop?

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

10. Why does Tarwater drink the moonshine he was getting for Buford?

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