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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the schoolteacher use the help of a welfare office worker?
(a) To find a new job.
(b) To get Tarwater back.
(c) To get child support.
(d) To get unemployment.

2. What does Mason tell Tarwater a benefit of living in the woods is?
(a) Tarwater gets to learn outdoorsman skills.
(b) Tarwater doesn't have to buy food.
(c) Tarwater doesn't have to go to school.
(d) Tarwater gets his own chicken.

3. The stranger's voice tells Tarwater to go where?
(a) To the woods.
(b) To the shack.
(c) To town.
(d) To the north.

4. What does Tarwater do when Mason dies?
(a) Asks a neighbor for help.
(b) Goes into the woods.
(c) Calls the police.
(d) Finishes his breakfast.

5. What does Tarwater confuse the city lights with?
(a) Hell.
(b) Cars.
(c) Fire.
(d) Aliens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who will inherit Mason's land?

2. What does Mason tell Tarwater about his place?

3. Who shoots the schoolteacher?

4. How does Mason describe the end of the world?

5. When does Tarwater hear the stranger's voice?

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