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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 Hightower think he let down the people of Jefferson?
2. What are the townspeople eager for over Miss Burden's death?
3. What does Miss Burden insist that Christmas do every day to prove his faithfulness?
4. What does Miss Burden leave out for Christmas every Saturday?
5. Why do the townspeople leave the old couple alone?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Christmas feel he will be safe at Miss Burden's place?
2. What does Hightower mean when he says the fading afternoon light is audible?
3. Explain this statement made by Christmas: "Whether they are seventeen or fortyseven, when they finally come to surrender completely, it's going to be in words."
4. How does Faulkner show that women are more realistic and more forgiving in this chapter?
5. Why does Percy Grimm castrate Christmas while he is still alive?
6. As Christmas runs to avoid the law, he stops at a cabin and trades shoes with a Negro woman. What is the significance of the traded shoes?
7. New life has significance in more than one way in this chapter. Explain.
8. How does Mrs. Hines indirectly cause the death of Christmas, her grandson?
9. Why are the townspeople anxious to find Miss Burden's killer?
10. Explain why Christmas' arrival in the town of Mottstown means that he has come full circle in his life.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The town of Jefferson seems to be filled with misfits. This is not uncommon in the Southern Gothic style of literature which Faulkner writes. Why do you think there are so many unusual or eccentric characters? Could the story be told with more average characters or is it necessary to populate the town with eccentrics? Explain in context with other Southern Gothic literature with which you may be familiar.
Essay Topic 2
Christmas is in an impossible situation in that he is neither black nor white; and he does not know who his parents are. How might Christmas' life had been altered if even one of these elements had been stabilized for him? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
Another literary technique Faulkner uses is to give a voice to the towns of Jefferson and Mottstown. Why does Faulkner do this? How can one voice encompass the opinions and feelings of all the people in a town? What would the reader not know if these voices were not apparent in the story?
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