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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 does Mason want at the head of his grave?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A stone.
(c) A cross.
(d) An angel.

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

3. How does Tarwater prove to Meeks that the schoolteacher lives in town?
(a) He doesn't convince him.
(b) He has him pull over to ask someone.
(c) He makes him drive to his house.
(d) He finds him in a phonebook.

4. What does the schoolteacher describe as "coming out of darkness into light"?
(a) Raising Bishop.
(b) Tarwater riding with Meeks.
(c) Getting baptized.
(d) Tarwater breaking free from Mason.

5. What reason does Mason give for his finding a lover for Tarwater's mother?
(a) To get her to move away.
(b) To earn money.
(c) To raise her self-confidence.
(d) To get her a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Mason kept for four years?

2. Why does the schoolteacher use the help of a welfare office worker?

3. What type of boy does Mason say Tarwater is?

4. What does Mason say will burn a prophet?

5. According to the voice, what's the only reason Mason wanted Tarwater?

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