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The Faith Cure Man Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

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Class
Date
1.

What does the doctor say about Lucy?

a)

That she could not live

b)

That she needed expensive medicine

c)

That she needed fresh air and room to run

d)

That God would save her if Martha had faith

2.

What type of writing is featured in this story?

a)

Dialect

b)

Fancy

c)

Nonsensical

d)

Proper

3.

Martha did not believe the doctor's diagnosis.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Which of the following are not examples of miracles that the faith cure man is said to have performed? (Choose more than one answer.)

a)

People who came to him on crutches walked away fine.

b)

People who were bedridden had risen to bless him.

c)

People who were dead had been brought back to life.

d)

People who had cancer had been healed.

5.

How did Martha react to her daughter's condition?

a)

She laments that her daughter is dying.

b)

She rejoices that her daughter can be saved.

c)

She denies that her daughter is dying.

d)

She threatens God not to let her daughter die.

6.

How does Martha view the doctor?

a)

She does not turst him or his medicine.

b)

She admires him and his hard work to save her daughter.

c)

She hates him because she blames him for her daughter's demise.

d)

She is confused by his intelligence.

7.

When Martha meets the faith-cure man...

a)

she is convinced that he is a fraud.

b)

she is skeptical but hopeful of his abilities.

c)

she trusts that he will make her daughter's last few days peaceful.

d)

she pours all of her hope and belief into him.

8.

How does Martha proceed after meeting the faith-cure man?

a)

She follow all of his instructions and grows angry when they do not appear to work.

b)

She follows all of his instructions and convinces herself they are working.

c)

With no other available options, she follows his instructions despite knowing that they will not work.

d)

She messes up following his instructions and fails to cure her daughter.

9.

Which statement best characterizes how the faith-cure man interacts with Lucy?

a)

He provides her with powerful medicine that the doctor would not give her.

b)

He cures her with his prayers and belief in God.

c)

He eases her pain with his comforting prayers.

d)

He performs several phony treatments that do not affect her.

10.

What does the faith-curist do on his second visit?

a)

He regretfully informs Martha that there's nothing more he can do for her daughter.

b)

He recites prayers in another language and impresses Martha with his knowledge.

c)

He rubs a salve on her head and instructs Martha to keep Lucy warm.

d)

He wraps her hands and feet in moistened brown paper.

11.

How much does the faith-curist charge for his services?

a)

$5

b)

$10

c)

$2

d)

Nothing

12.

What gifts does Martha bring back for Lucy?

a)

new clothes

b)

a doll and shoes

c)

a special dinner

d)

a new doctor

13.

How does Martha view God at the end of the story?

a)

After Lucy dies, Martha prays deeply to God to end her suffering.

b)

After Lucy dies, Martha's faith in God is shaken and uncertain.

c)

After Lucy dies without pain, Martha's faith in God is strengthened.

d)

When Lucy lives, Martha recommits herself to God.

14.

"...some one said 'Amen!'. But Martha could not echo it in her heart." Why does Martha feel this way?

a)

Her faith has been shaken by the death of her daughter.

b)

She does not trust the new preacher at her church.

c)

She only worshipped out loud, and did not believe in remaining silent in the house of the Lord.

d)

Her faith-curist held all her hope because he saved her daugher.

15.

"She was confident that the doctors were not infallible."


In the above sentence, infallible means...

a)

remaining determined; harsh or inflexible

b)

ability or willingness to believe something

c)

incapable of being wrong; never failing

d)

shaking or quivering slightly

16.

"Awed and reverent, she tasted the wonderful elixir before giving it to the child."


In the above sentence, reverent means...

a)

to keep (something or someone) afloat

b)

a failure to recognize or accept reality

c)

angry, hostile, or dangerous

d)

feeling or showing deep solemn respect

17.

"Hope is tenacious. It goes on living and working when science has dealt it what should be its death blow."


In the above sentence, tenacious means...

a)

tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely

b)

harsh or inflexible

c)

a magical or medicinal potion

d)

a reference to Jesus

18.

"Awed and reverent, she tasted the wonderful elixir before giving it to the child."


In the above sentence, the word elixer means...

a)

incapable of being wrong; never failint

b)

ability or willingness to believe something

c)

a magical or medicinal potion

d)

a failure to recognize or accept reality

19.

"Martha hastened to obey, and the priestly practitioner dampened it in water and laid it on Lucy’s head, all the time murmuring prayers – or were they incantations? – to himself."


In the above sentence, hastened means....

a)

to hurry or rush

b)

to fail to accept reality

c)

to shake or quiver slightly

d)

to move slowly or unwillingly

20.

Who is the author of "The Faith Cure Man"?

a)

Mark Twain

b)

Paul Laurence Dunbar

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

Zora Neal Hurston