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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. What small town does this story begin in?
(a) Backwoods.
(b) Clamhead.
(c) Tarwater.
(d) Powderhead.

2. What does Mason tell Tarwater a benefit of living in the woods is?
(a) Tarwater gets to learn outdoorsman skills.
(b) Tarwater doesn't have to buy food.
(c) Tarwater doesn't have to go to school.
(d) Tarwater gets his own chicken.

3. What feature was Tarwater unable to recall about the schoolteacher's face?
(a) His nose.
(b) His jaw.
(c) His mouth.
(d) His eyes.

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

5. What was the one time Mason decided to stop prophesying?
(a) When he turned thirty.
(b) When he was an old man.
(c) When he was in the asylum.
(d) When he was at the schoolteacher's house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Tarwater's uncle?

3. What about Tarwater makes fury rise in Rayber?

4. What does Tarwater confuse the city lights with?

5. What does Tarwater do when he and Rayber return home from the church?

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