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

2. What does Lucette say is coming?
(a) My Word.
(b) David.
(c) The end of the world.
(d) My Lord.

3. What does Tarwater do with Mason's coffin?
(a) He buries Mason in it.
(b) He burns it.
(c) He rebuilds it.
(d) He does not use it.

4. What does Meeks do for a living?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Phonebook salesman.
(d) Copper flue salesman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tarwater know as soon as he sees Bishop?

2. How old was Lucette when she began preaching?

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

4. What does Mason tell Tarwater a benefit of living in the woods is?

5. What does Rayber do as soon as he and Tarwater return home from the church?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is it obvious that Tarwater is unfamiliar with telephones?

3. What memory of Powderhead makes Rayber's heart expand unbelievably?

4. Why does Tarwater balk at Mason's directions for burying him?

5. What is the sign of returning health that Rayber wants to see in Tarwater?

6. Why does Rayber say Tarwater can not eat?

7. Why does Tarwater start walking toward Powderhead?

8. How does Tarwater walk as he walks to the museum with Rayber and Bishop?

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

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

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