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

2. Who buries Mason Tarwater?
(a) The schoolteacher.
(b) Francis Marion.
(c) Buford Munson.
(d) Bernice Bishop.

3. What does the schoolteacher describe as "coming out of darkness into light"?
(a) Tarwater breaking free from Mason.
(b) Tarwater riding with Meeks.
(c) Raising Bishop.
(d) Getting baptized.

4. What does Meeks say he graduated with?
(a) A B.A.
(b) A high school diploma.
(c) An H.L.L. degree.
(d) An M.A.

5. Who spent time in an insane asylum?
(a) Mason.
(b) The schoolteacher.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Tarwater.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who will inherit Mason's land?

2. What feature was Tarwater unable to recall about the schoolteacher's face?

3. What does Mason say will burn a prophet?

4. How does Mason describe the end of the world?

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

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