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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says they are "just now waking up"?
(a) Buford.
(b) Meeks.
(c) Mason.
(d) Tarwater.

2. What does Tarwater know as soon as he sees Bishop?
(a) That he needs a bath.
(b) That the schoolteacher has been beating him.
(c) That he needs to kidnap him.
(d) That he has to baptize him.

3. Who said that their parents did not teach them anything, except "not to wet the bed"?
(a) Tarwater.
(b) Mason.
(c) The schoolteacher.
(d) Bishop.

4. What does Rayber think Tarwater is going to do to Bishop as they leave the restaurant?
(a) Rayber thinks Tarwater is trying to control Bishop.
(b) Rayber thinks Tarwater is trying to preach to Bishop.
(c) Rayber thinks Tarwater is trying to hurt Bishop.
(d) Rayber thinks Tarwater is trying to kidnap Bishop.

5. What trip does Rayber have planned next for Tarwater?
(a) A plane ride.
(b) A train ride.
(c) The Natural History Museum.
(d) No trip, he is sending Tarwater back to Powderhead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mason tell Tarwater a benefit of living in the woods is?

2. Why does Rayber have a hard time walking around the town?

3. What does Rayber define as the great dignity of man?

4. Where does Bishop go to school?

5. What does Rayber say his "violent self" makes him see Tarwater as?

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