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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Addie’s coffin carried and placed in the beginning of Chapter 51: “Vardaman”?
(a) Under a willow tree.
(b) Next to the church.
(c) Under an apple tree.
(d) Under an oak tree.

2. Who asks to take a bathroom break before the Bundrens enter Jefferson in Chapter 52: “Darl”?
(a) Dewey Dell.
(b) Darl.
(c) Anse.
(d) Cora.

3. What word from Chapter 41: “Whitfield” means having unlimited power?
(a) Articulate.
(b) Omnipotent.
(c) Elusive.
(d) Evangelical.

4. Whose money does Dewey Dell say the $10 was in Chapter 58: “Dewey Dell”?
(a) Addie's.
(b) Lafe's.
(c) Darl's.
(d) Cora's.

5. Where does Addie tell Anse she has family in Chapter 40: “Addie”?
(a) Anderson.
(b) Little Rock.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Jefferson.

Short Answer Questions

1. MacGowan says all the doctors in town are gone where to a Barbers’ Convention in Chapter 55: “MacGowan”?

2. What does Darl keep doing as he is put on the train in Chapter 57: “Darl”?

3. Anse continually wonders why he did not think to do what in Chapter 52: “Darl”?

4. Who drops off Anse's mules in the end of Chapter 43: “Armstid”?

5. What does Darl ask Jewel in Chapter 48: “Darl,” angering him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Jewel’s arrival described from Darl’s perspective in Chapter 27: “Darl”?

2. What actions does Reverend Whitfield commit in Chapter 41: “Whitfield”? Why?

3. What implications do you discern from Anse’s introduction of his children to “Mrs. Bundren” in Chapter 59: “Cash”?

4. What question does Vardaman pose to Darl in Chapter 47: “Vardaman”?

5. What is indicated by Darl’s question to Jewel in Chapter 48: “Darl”? How does Jewel respond?

6. What is foreshadowed through Anse’s actions in Chapter 53: “Cash”?

7. How do the Bundrens make a cast for Cash in Chapter 46: “Darl”? What does this foreshadow?

8. What does Darl recall as the reason Jewel had been unable to stay awake when he was 15 years old in Chapter 32: “Darl”?

9. What is significant about Cash Bundren’s mindset and concerns after the accident in Chapter 37: “Darl”?

10. How does Dewey Dell lose her money to Anse Bundren in Chapter 58: “Dewey Dell”?

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