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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. What is the name of Motes' hometown?
(a) Eastrod.
(b) Westrod.
(c) Northrod.
(d) Southrod.

2. What lie did Mason repeatedly tell Francis about his mother?
(a) That she was a whore.
(b) That she was a Satan worshipper.
(c) That she was still alive.
(d) That she had abandoned him.

3. Where did Mason leave Rayber when he was a boy, to prove that God would provide for him?
(a) In a corn field.
(b) In the desert.
(c) In a cave in the mountains.
(d) On a fishing boat.

4. When Francis arrives at Rayber's front door, what does he say happened to Mason's body?
(a) It disappeared.
(b) It was burned.
(c) It was eaten by wild animals.
(d) It fell into a well.

5. Which of the following Biblical stories does Francis think about after his sexual assault?
(a) The creation of man and animals.
(b) Leading the lamb to the slaughter.
(c) Feeding the multitude with bread and fish.
(d) Jonah being swallowed into the belly of a whale.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Motes fill his shoes with as penance for sins?

2. What emotion is Rayber overcome with when he stoops down to tie Bishop's shoelaces at the Science Museum?

3. What does Emory believe is his "special mystery"?

4. What part of Rayber's body was irrevocably damaged during his altercation with Mason about Francis' kidnapping?

5. Why does the pitchman become angry with the young girl accompanying the blind preacher?

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