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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tarwater think about Mason's property after Mason's death?
(a) He thinks about renting the place.
(b) He thinks about how to pay the taxes.
(c) He thinks about selling the place.
(d) He thinks about the changes he can make.

2. What does Mason want at the head of his grave?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A cross.
(c) A stone.
(d) An angel.

3. What does Tarwater know as soon as he sees Bishop?
(a) That he needs a bath.
(b) That he needs to kidnap him.
(c) That the schoolteacher has been beating him.
(d) That he has to baptize him.

4. Who says they are "just now waking up"?
(a) Tarwater.
(b) Meeks.
(c) Mason.
(d) Buford.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mason tell Tarwater a benefit of living in the woods is?

2. How does Tarwater prove to Meeks that the schoolteacher lives in town?

3. What small town does this story begin in?

4. What does Tarwater do to the shack the night Mason dies?

5. The stranger's voice tells Tarwater to go where?

(see the answer key)

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