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

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

3. What does the voice say Tarwater's sign is?
(a) Rayber saving him.
(b) A mystery.
(c) The water in the pool.
(d) The sun on Bishop's head.

4. The stranger's voice tells Tarwater to go where?
(a) To town.
(b) To the shack.
(c) To the north.
(d) To the woods.

5. What does Tarwater's long face remind Rayber of?
(a) A sharpened pencil.
(b) A foot without a shoe.
(c) A root pulled from the ground.
(d) A knife blade.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rayber was in the newspaper, what did the caption say?

2. What does Mason want at the head of his grave?

3. What two feelings does Rayber have for Tarwater as they go on their fishing trip?

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

5. What does Tarwater say he would baptize as soon as Bishop?

(see the answer key)

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