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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mason tell Tarwater a benefit of living in the woods is?
(a) Tarwater doesn't have to go to school.
(b) Tarwater gets his own chicken.
(c) Tarwater gets to learn outdoorsman skills.
(d) Tarwater doesn't have to buy food.

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

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

5. Who says they are "just now waking up"?
(a) Mason.
(b) Buford.
(c) Tarwater.
(d) Meeks.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does the schoolteacher marry?

4. Where does Mason die?

5. What small town does this story begin in?

(see the answer key)

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