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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does the schoolteacher marry?
(a) Bernice.
(b) A bishop.
(c) Sally.
(d) A schoolteacher.

3. Who says they won't get used to Tarwater?
(a) Bernice.
(b) The schoolteacher.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Meeks.

4. What does Tarwater compare Mason's dead eyes to?
(a) The eyes of the stars.
(b) The eyes of a devil.
(c) The eyes of a fish.
(d) The eyes of a slave.

5. Why did Lucette's mother travel to China and Africa?
(a) Because she was trying to adopt a child.
(b) Because she was rich.
(c) Because she was a missionary.
(d) Because she took a year off from work.

Short Answer Questions

1. After four days with Tarwater, how does the schoolteacher feel?

2. What does the schoolteacher first think when Tarwater shows up at his house?

3. What does Mason tell Tarwater about his place?

4. Why does Rayber think Tarwater is headed into town the night he leaves the house?

5. Who buries Mason Tarwater?

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