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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What feature was Tarwater unable to recall about the schoolteacher's face?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His nose.
(c) His mouth.
(d) His jaw.

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

4. What does Tarwater do when Mason dies?
(a) Finishes his breakfast.
(b) Calls the police.
(c) Goes into the woods.
(d) Asks a neighbor for help.

5. What does Tarwater confuse the city lights with?
(a) Hell.
(b) Cars.
(c) Aliens.
(d) Fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose voice is the stranger's?

2. Who takes the form of the devil in chapter 2?

3. How does Tarwater prove to Meeks that the schoolteacher lives in town?

4. Who said that their parents did not teach them anything, except "not to wet the bed"?

5. The stranger's voice tells Tarwater to go where?

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