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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Mason describe Tarwater's sister?
(a) He called her beautiful.
(b) He called her a lost cause.
(c) He called her his favorite.
(d) He called her a dirty name.

2. Whose presence does Tarwater feel at the park when Bishop jumps in the fountain?
(a) Rayber's.
(b) Mason's.
(c) Lucette's.
(d) The stranger's.

3. What trip does Rayber have planned next for Tarwater?
(a) No trip, he is sending Tarwater back to Powderhead.
(b) A plane ride.
(c) A train ride.
(d) The Natural History Museum.

4. Who takes the form of the devil in chapter 2?
(a) Tarwater.
(b) Bishop.
(c) Meeks.
(d) The schoolteacher.

5. What does Tarwater want to make clear to Rayber, the "schoolteacher", the morning he goes to his house?
(a) That he wants Bishop to be like a brother.
(b) That he needs money.
(c) That he disagreed with Mason.
(d) That he is not to be studied.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Rayber's wife, Bernice, go when she left him?

2. What was the one time Mason decided to stop prophesying?

3. Who said, "A dead man is not going to do you any good"?

4. What does Lucette say is coming?

5. What about Tarwater makes fury rise in Rayber?

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