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

2. What reason does Mason give for his finding a lover for Tarwater's mother?
(a) To get her to move away.
(b) To raise her self-confidence.
(c) To earn money.
(d) To get her a child.

3. When does Tarwater hear the stranger's voice?
(a) When he is sitting on the porch.
(b) When he is burning leaves.
(c) When he is raking the grass.
(d) When he is digging a grave.

4. What does Tarwater's long face remind Rayber of?
(a) A foot without a shoe.
(b) A sharpened pencil.
(c) A knife blade.
(d) A root pulled from the ground.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tarwater say about burying Mason?

2. What does Tarwater confuse the city lights with?

3. What does the stranger's voice tell Tarwater will happen if he performs a baptism?

4. What does Tarwater do with Mason's coffin?

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

(see the answer key)

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