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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, "It takes all kinds of women"?
(a) Rayber.
(b) The boat renter.
(c) The mayor.
(d) The receptionist.

2. When Rayber realizes he owns Mason's land, what does he think?
(a) That it could actually belong to Tarwater.
(b) That he could farm it properly.
(c) That he could start a lumber company.
(d) That it could be sold to pay for college.

3. Who does Rayber say is "basically very bright"?
(a) Tarwater.
(b) Bishop.
(c) Bernice.
(d) Himself.

4. Where does Bishop run to when he jumps out of the car in Powderhead?
(a) The lake.
(b) The mule farm.
(c) The blackberry bushes.
(d) Mason's cabin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tarwater do when Mason dies?

2. What is part of a "simple equation that required no further solution"?

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

4. When does Meeks tell Tarwater to contact him?

5. What does the schoolteacher describe as "coming out of darkness into light"?

(see the answer key)

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