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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Violent Bear it Away.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Asa Hawks become blind?
(a) He was poisoned.
(b) He blinded himself.
(c) He was born blind.
(d) He had an accident with a slingshot.

2. Which of the following characters shouted these words: "The prophet I raise up out of this boy will burn your eyes clean!" ?
(a) George Rayber.
(b) Francis Tarwater.
(c) Bernice Bishop.
(d) Mason Tarwater.

3. What lie did Mason repeatedly tell Francis about his mother?
(a) That she was a whore.
(b) That she was a Satan worshipper.
(c) That she was still alive.
(d) That she had abandoned him.

4. What is Francis' first impression of Rayber?
(a) That he is a wimp.
(b) That he is a prophet.
(c) That he is a heathen.
(d) That he is a kind man.

5. Where did Mason Tarwater die?
(a) Tending to his cotton fields.
(b) Reading a newspaper on the porch.
(c) Sleeping in his bed.
(d) At the breakfast table.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion is Rayber overcome with when he stoops down to tie Bishop's shoelaces at the Science Museum?

2. What does George Rayber do for a living?

3. In what type of establishment did Mason live when he was not in the mental institution?

4. What topic of conversation arises right before Motes dies that forces him to leave the house, swearing he will never return?

5. What did Motes' grandfather do for a living when he was still alive?

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