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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the schoolteacher marry?
(a) Bernice.
(b) Sally.
(c) A bishop.
(d) A schoolteacher.

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

3. Why does the schoolteacher use the help of a welfare office worker?
(a) To get child support.
(b) To get Tarwater back.
(c) To find a new job.
(d) To get unemployment.

4. What does Mason tell Tarwater about his place?
(a) Tarwater's place is to think and do God's will.
(b) Tarwater's place is not to think, but to act on the Lord's calling.
(c) Tarwater's place is in the house.
(d) Tarwater's place is the baptize children.

5. What does Tarwater compare Mason's dead eyes to?
(a) The eyes of a slave.
(b) The eyes of a devil.
(c) The eyes of the stars.
(d) The eyes of a fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What small town does this story begin in?

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

3. Why would Mason leave for days at a time into the woods?

4. Who shoots the schoolteacher?

5. Who buries Mason Tarwater?

(see the answer key)

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