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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Mason describe Tarwater's sister?
(a) He called her his favorite.
(b) He called her a dirty name.
(c) He called her beautiful.
(d) He called her a lost cause.

2. What does Mason tell Tarwater about his place?
(a) Tarwater's place is in the house.
(b) Tarwater's place is to think and do God's will.
(c) Tarwater's place is the baptize children.
(d) Tarwater's place is not to think, but to act on the Lord's calling.

3. Who steals Tarwater from his crib?
(a) Francis.
(b) Mason.
(c) Buford.
(d) The schoolteacher.

4. Who tries to say, "I have more than one problem"?
(a) Mason.
(b) Tarwater.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Rayber.

5. What does Rayber do as soon as he and Tarwater return home from the church?
(a) Makes breakfast.
(b) Goes to bed.
(c) Stays on the porch.
(d) Yells at Tarwater.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tarwater compare Mason's dead eyes to?

2. What does Rayber realize about Tarwater as he looks into the pool of water?

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

4. Who says they are "just now waking up"?

5. What does Tarwater do to the shack the night Mason dies?

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