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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Byron think that he and Hightower continue to lead such solitary lives?
2. Who does the dietician approach to exact her revenge on Christmas?
3. Who is the only one who knows that Byron drives all night on Saturdays in order to conduct the choir at a distant country church and then drive home in time to go to work on Mondays?
4. Where did Mrs. Hightower go on Saturday nights?
5. What is Joe Christmas' biggest secret?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do the people get their first indications that something is awry in the Hightower marriage?
2. How does Christmas realize that racial prejudice is not as strong in the North as it is in the South?
3. Two men give Lena a ride in their wagon but one of them is especially concerned about what people might say. What misgivings do the men have about the situation?
4. What drives Lena to keep moving on her quest?
5. What are Byron Bunch's first impressions of Joe Christmas?
6. What is the irony of McEachern beating Christmas for not memorizing his catechism lesson?
7. What are the details of the murder as told by Byron in this chapter?
8. Why does Christmas wish that McEachern would discover his absence in the house this night and try to stop him?
9. Why has Lena left her home in Alabama?
10. What is the symbolism of the polished shoes in this chapter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Faulkner opens the novel with the story of Lena and her undeterred faith that she will find the father of her unborn child. What does Lena symbolize in the novel? Why does Faulkner use her character to establish the story?
Essay Topic 2
Faulkner uses the literary technique of flashback in this novel. Note the flashback instances and describe them briefly. What is the purpose of using this technique? What do they provide the reader? What would the reader not know about this story if the flashbacks were not included?
Essay Topic 3
Explain the mixed feelings Christmas must have when he trades the woman for the shoes of the black man and can feel his black blood manifesting itself in the physical world.
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