View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of boy does Mason say Tarwater is?
(a) The type the devil is always going to try to assist.
(b) The type that won't understand until it's too late.
(c) The type that people will take advantage of.
(d) The type that women will ignore.

2. How does Mason describe the end of the world?
(a) The world floods.
(b) Jesus holding people's hands.
(c) The world is on fire.
(d) Prophets ascend to heaven last.

3. Why did Lucette's mother travel to China and Africa?
(a) Because she was rich.
(b) Because she was a missionary.
(c) Because she was trying to adopt a child.
(d) Because she took a year off from work.

4. What does the stranger's voice tell Tarwater to wait for?
(a) A rainy day.
(b) A sensation.
(c) A whale to show him what to do.
(d) A real sign.

5. Why does Bishop sit on the stairs in front of Tarwater?
(a) He wants to be in the way.
(b) He wants his shoes tied.
(c) He wants attention.
(d) He wants to kick Tarwater.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rayber says that Bishop did what to his pain?

2. What reason does Mason give for his finding a lover for Tarwater's mother?

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

4. After four days with Tarwater, how does the schoolteacher feel?

5. Who does the schoolteacher marry?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 284 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample