The Violent Bear It Away Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Chapter 1

1. What small town does this story begin in?

2. Who buries Mason Tarwater?

3. Who is Tarwater's uncle?

4. Who steals Tarwater from his crib?

5. What does Mason say will burn a prophet?

6. Why does the schoolteacher use the help of a welfare office worker?

7. Who shoots the schoolteacher?

8. Why would Mason leave for days at a time into the woods?

9. Who does the schoolteacher marry?

10. What does Mason tell Tarwater about his place?

11. Where does Mason die?

12. What does Tarwater do when Mason dies?

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

14. What...
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