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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Rosa when Ellen dies?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Forty.

2. What does Mr. Coldfield do with his store when the war breaks out?
(a) Sells it.
(b) Locks it up.
(c) Turns it into a church.
(d) Burns it.

3. Who does Thomas Sutpen marry?
(a) Judith Sutpen.
(b) Ellen Coldfield.
(c) Ellen Compson.
(d) Rosa Coldfield.

4. Where had Thomas Sutpen lived before he came to Jefferson?
(a) No one in Jefferson knows.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Alabama.
(d) South Carolina.

5. What does Thomas Sutpen do during the war?
(a) Fights for the South.
(b) Moves to New Orleans.
(c) Locks himself in his attic.
(d) Fights for the North.

6. What does General Compson do on the day of Sutpen's wedding?
(a) He attends the ceremony with his wife.
(b) He goes hunting.
(c) He protests the wedding and stays home.
(d) He throws dirt and vegetables at the newlyweds.

7. Upon hearing that Judith is engaged, what does Rosa offer to teach Judith?
(a) How to keep a ledger.
(b) How to read.
(c) How to keep house and manage other domestic matters.
(d) How to make a wedding dress.

8. In what state is Jefferson located?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) New Orleans.

9. What is the relationship between Quentin Compson and Rosa Coldfield?
(a) She is his teacher.
(b) She is his step-sister.
(c) She is his aunt.
(d) They are neighbors.

10. What is the setting of Chapter 4?
(a) At Sutpen's Hundred in 1865.
(b) In Rosa Coldfield's office.
(c) At Sutpen's Hundred in 1909.
(d) On the Compsons' porch.

11. What is the name of the woman who tells Quentin the story of Thomas Sutpen?
(a) Rosa Coldfield.
(b) Ellen Coldfield.
(c) Judith Sutpen.
(d) Ellen Sutpen.

12. Who helps Thomas Sutpen when he comes to Jefferson in 1833?
(a) Ellen Coldfield.
(b) The town preacher.
(c) Quentin's grandfather.
(d) Quentin's father.

13. Where is Quentin while he's listening to the story about Thomas Sutpen?
(a) At Harvard.
(b) At Stupen's estate.
(c) In Rosa Coldfield's office.
(d) In his father's house.

14. Who does Henry bring home from college for Christmas one year?
(a) His English professor.
(b) Charles Akers.
(c) Charles Bon.
(d) Quentin Compson.

15. What is Bon's rank in the army?
(a) Lieutenant.
(b) Colonel.
(c) General.
(d) Private.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rosa engaged to at one point in her life?

2. Why does Sutpen get arrested?

3. Why is Quentin Compson going to leave Jefferson in the fall?

4. What military conflict has Miss Coldfield lived through?

5. Who notifies Rosa Coldfield of Charles' death?

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