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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 does Tarwater say about burying Mason?
(a) Mason was too big to bury.
(b) Mason did not leave instructions.
(c) Mason's coffin broke.
(d) Mason wanted too fancy of a grave.

2. What is part of a "simple equation that required no further solution"?
(a) Tarwater.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Love.

3. After four days with Tarwater, how does the schoolteacher feel?
(a) He feels exhausted.
(b) He feels unsure.
(c) He feels excited.
(d) He feels determined.

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

5. What does Rayber hear when he turns on his hearing aid the night Tarwater takes Bishop on the boat?
(a) Nothing but crickets.
(b) Nothing, the hearing aid was broken.
(c) Tarwater's laugh.
(d) Bishop's bellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rayber think Tarwater is going to do to Bishop as they leave the restaurant?

2. When Rayber realizes he owns Mason's land, what does he think?

3. What does Tarwater do at the end of the trip out into the lake?

4. What does Rayber check in Tarwater's overalls?

5. What part of Tarwater does Rayber see first in the beginning of chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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