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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Tarwater hear the stranger's voice?
(a) When he is digging a grave.
(b) When he is raking the grass.
(c) When he is sitting on the porch.
(d) When he is burning leaves.

2. According to the voice, what's the only reason Mason wanted Tarwater?
(a) So someone would keep him company.
(b) So someone would give him a Christian burial.
(c) So someone would take over the business.
(d) So someone would have to pay his taxes.

3. Whose voice is the stranger's?
(a) Mason.
(b) Buford.
(c) An angry neighbor.
(d) The devil.

4. What small town does this story begin in?
(a) Backwoods.
(b) Clamhead.
(c) Powderhead.
(d) Tarwater.

5. What does Tarwater do with Buford's jug?
(a) Breaks it.
(b) Fills it with alcohol.
(c) Hides it.
(d) Dumps it out.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who will inherit Mason's land?

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

3. Where does Mason die?

4. What does Mason tell Tarwater about his place?

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

(see the answer key)

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