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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 was the one time Mason decided to stop prophesying?
(a) When he was in the asylum.
(b) When he was at the schoolteacher's house.
(c) When he was an old man.
(d) When he turned thirty.

2. Where was Mason kept for four years?
(a) A church.
(b) The woods.
(c) An asylum.
(d) A college.

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

4. What does Mason Tarwater do for a living?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Sells moonshine.
(d) Shines shoes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Mason give for his finding a lover for Tarwater's mother?

2. What does Mason say will burn a prophet?

3. Who does Tarwater hitch a ride into town with?

4. Why does Tarwater drop the knocker at the schoolteacher's house?

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

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