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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. According to the schoolteacher, what is the only thing Bishop can do?
(a) Frown.
(b) Stare.
(c) Hide.
(d) Smile.

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

3. How did Mason describe Tarwater's sister?
(a) He called her a lost cause.
(b) He called her beautiful.
(c) He called her a dirty name.
(d) He called her his favorite.

4. When does Meeks tell Tarwater to contact him?
(a) If he can't stay with his uncle.
(b) If he gets hungry by next week.
(c) In a month.
(d) In two days.

5. When Rayber is watching Lucette's parents, who does he keep envisioning?
(a) The devil.
(b) Mason.
(c) Tarwater.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who steals Tarwater from his crib?

2. What catches Tarwater's attention in the store window when he is walking with Rayber?

3. What does Tarwater do to the shack the night Mason dies?

4. What does Tarwater think about Mason's property after Mason's death?

5. Who says they are free?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Meeks say man can get ahead?

2. Why does Rayber say Tarwater can not eat?

3. Why does Rayber follow Tarwater quietly when he leaves the house?

4. What is Rayber's plan for Tarwater on the fishing trip?

5. How does Rayber define "another child exploited"?

6. How does Rayber describe the windows of the building Lucette preaches in?

7. In the beginning of chapter 3, why does Tarwater not look at the sky?

8. Why does the stranger's voice taunt Tarwater about Mason's profession?

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

10. During the fishing trip what does Rayber say he does and does not have the guts for?

(see the answer keys)

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