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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mason want at the head of his grave?
(a) A cross.
(b) A stone.
(c) An angel.
(d) Nothing.

2. Who shoots the schoolteacher?
(a) Bernice.
(b) Tarwater.
(c) Mason.
(d) Buford.

3. What does Tarwater do with Buford's jug?
(a) Breaks it.
(b) Hides it.
(c) Dumps it out.
(d) Fills it with alcohol.

4. Where does Mason die?
(a) On his front porch.
(b) In bed.
(c) In church.
(d) At the breakfast table.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mason tell Tarwater about his place?

2. Why would Mason leave for days at a time into the woods?

3. Who does the schoolteacher marry?

4. Whose voice is the stranger's?

5. Who steals Tarwater from his crib?

(see the answer key)

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