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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. What reason does Mason give for his finding a lover for Tarwater's mother?
(a) To get her to move away.
(b) To earn money.
(c) To get her a child.
(d) To raise her self-confidence.

2. What does Rayber do as soon as he and Tarwater return home from the church?
(a) Yells at Tarwater.
(b) Goes to bed.
(c) Makes breakfast.
(d) Stays on the porch.

3. How does Tarwater prove to Meeks that the schoolteacher lives in town?
(a) He doesn't convince him.
(b) He finds him in a phonebook.
(c) He makes him drive to his house.
(d) He has him pull over to ask someone.

4. What does the banner say on the building Rayber thinks Tarwater went into late at night?
(a) "Pray ye, for all."
(b) "The time has come."
(c) "Unless ye be born again."
(d) "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."

5. Who said that their parents did not teach them anything, except "not to wet the bed"?
(a) Tarwater.
(b) The schoolteacher.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Mason.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rayber compare Lucette to?

2. As Meeks drives with Tarwater, what does he consider doing with Tarwater?

3. What does Meeks think of Tarwater after driving for only a short while?

4. Where does Bishop go to school?

5. Who does Tarwater smile like?

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