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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. Whose voice is the stranger's?
(a) Mason.
(b) An angry neighbor.
(c) Buford.
(d) The devil.

2. 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.

3. Why would Mason leave for days at a time into the woods?
(a) To fight with animals.
(b) To earn money.
(c) To communicate with God.
(d) To meditate.

4. Why does Tarwater drop the knocker at the schoolteacher's house?
(a) It is cold.
(b) It looks like the devil.
(c) It breaks.
(d) He doesn't want to visit.

5. What does Rayber forget to put on the night he follows Tarwater?
(a) His hat.
(b) His pants.
(c) His shoes.
(d) His coat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes the form of the devil in chapter 2?

2. What small town does this story begin in?

3. When Rayber is watching Lucette's parents, who does he keep envisioning?

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

5. What does Tarwater do with the books, clothing, and other items the schoolteacher bought for him?

(see the answer key)

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