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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 Rayber think Tarwater is headed into town the night he leaves the house?
(a) To go to church.
(b) To meet with friends.
(c) To see something that interested him.
(d) To have a drink.

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

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

4. How did Mason describe Tarwater's sister?
(a) He called her his favorite.
(b) He called her a lost cause.
(c) He called her a dirty name.
(d) He called her beautiful.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What window does Tarwater stop in front of to look in?

3. When Rayber tells Tarwater that now he has a father, how does Tarwater respond?

4. Who does Tarwater smile like?

5. What small town does this story begin in?

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