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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. Who does Tarwater hitch a ride into town with?
(a) Bernice.
(b) Buford.
(c) A newspaper salesman.
(d) Meeks.

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

3. The stranger's voice tells Tarwater to go where?
(a) To the shack.
(b) To the north.
(c) To the woods.
(d) To town.

4. What does Meeks think of Tarwater after driving for only a short while?
(a) That he is a runaway.
(b) That he is just trying to sell him something.
(c) That he is related.
(d) That he has a good business idea.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Meeks tell Tarwater to contact him?

2. What does Tarwater do to the shack the night Mason dies?

3. As Meeks drives with Tarwater, what does he consider doing with Tarwater?

4. Who steals Tarwater from his crib?

5. What is the first thing Tarwater says to the schoolteacher?

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