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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) A stone.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A cross.
(d) An angel.

2. Who buries Mason Tarwater?
(a) Buford Munson.
(b) The schoolteacher.
(c) Francis Marion.
(d) Bernice Bishop.

3. What does Meeks say he graduated with?
(a) A B.A.
(b) An M.A.
(c) An H.L.L. degree.
(d) A high school diploma.

4. What does Tarwater do with Mason's coffin?
(a) He rebuilds it.
(b) He buries Mason in it.
(c) He burns it.
(d) He does not use it.

5. How does Mason describe the end of the world?
(a) Jesus holding people's hands.
(b) Prophets ascend to heaven last.
(c) The world floods.
(d) The world is on fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says they are "just now waking up"?

2. What does Mason tell Tarwater about his place?

3. What was the one time Mason decided to stop prophesying?

4. Whose head was Mason "tied hand and foot inside"?

5. Whose voice is the stranger's?

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