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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 does Tarwater say about the teachings of Mason?
(a) He says it's the only truth.
(b) He says he doesn't believe any of it.
(c) He says he knows better.
(d) He says it will set him free.

2. How does Tarwater prove to Meeks that the schoolteacher lives in town?
(a) He finds him in a phonebook.
(b) He doesn't convince him.
(c) He makes him drive to his house.
(d) He has him pull over to ask someone.

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

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

5. What is the first thing Tarwater says to the schoolteacher?
(a) That he needs money.
(b) That God sent him there.
(c) That Mason is dead.
(d) That he needs to see Bishop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of boy does Mason say Tarwater is?

2. What does Tarwater do with Buford's jug?

3. What does Tarwater do when Bishop tries to touch him?

4. Who does Tarwater smile like?

5. What does Tarwater do with Mason's coffin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Meeks say man can get ahead?

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

4. What happens when Tarwater drinks water from the pump near the Negro shack?

5. Why does Rayber bring Tarwater breakfast in bed?

6. Why does Rayber say Tarwater can not eat?

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

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

9. Why does the stranger's voice tell Tarwater that hunger does not count as a sign?

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

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