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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 does Francis react when Mason brings him new, clean clothes to wear?
(a) He begins to cry.
(b) He is confused about how to wear them?
(c) He refuses to try them on.
(d) He sets them on fire.

2. Which of the following descriptions of the man who attacks Francis in the woods is NOT true?
(a) He drinks whiskey.
(b) He drives a lavender-colored car.
(c) He wears a Panama hat.
(d) He doesn't wear shoes.

3. How does Francis react to Rayber's offer to let him baptize Bishop?
(a) He is apathetic.
(b) He is pleased.
(c) He is horrified.
(d) He is confused.

4. Who buried Mason's body?
(a) Buford Munson.
(b) Mason's body was never recovered.
(c) Francis Tarwater.
(d) George Rayber.

5. Who does Francis think is speaking to him when he hears the voice of his "friend" in his ear?
(a) His mother's spirit.
(b) God.
(c) Uncle Mason.
(d) The devil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Buford Munson bury Francis when he finds him, passed out drunk?

2. What does Francis dream about when he falls asleep in the truck driver's cab on his way back to the farm?

3. Why does Lucette ask congregation members for money at the Powderhead Congregational Church?

4. What sin causes Motes to fill his shoes in Taulkinham?

5. In what type of establishment did Mason live when he was not in the mental institution?

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