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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Violent Bear it Away.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was George Rayber when Mason kidnapped him?
(a) He was a toddler.
(b) He was a teenager.
(c) He was an infant.
(d) He was a child.

2. How old was Hazel Motes when he was drafted into the army?
(a) 24.
(b) 18.
(c) 22.
(d) 20.

3. What does Francis set fire to before returning to the city?
(a) His clothes.
(b) Mason's body.
(c) The woods.
(d) The house.

4. Which of the following characters shouted these words: "The prophet I raise up out of this boy will burn your eyes clean!" ?
(a) George Rayber.
(b) Bernice Bishop.
(c) Francis Tarwater.
(d) Mason Tarwater.

5. What emotion is Rayber overcome with when he stoops down to tie Bishop's shoelaces at the Science Museum?
(a) Pity.
(b) Resentment.
(c) Love.
(d) Confusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following items does Motes watch a demonstration of in the streets?

2. What does Rayber say to the innkeeper that deeply annoys Francis?

3. To what animal does Francis compare Rayber's son, Bishop?

4. Which character believes that he has "Wise Blood"?

5. What topic of conversation arises right before Motes dies that forces him to leave the house, swearing he will never return?

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