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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Charles Bon's son after his mother dies?
(a) He becomes a servant in New Orleans.
(b) He is sent to boarding school.
(c) He comes to live at Sutpen's Hundred.
(d) He inherits her money and becomes a landowner.

2. Chapter 7 says that Sutpen had only one friend. Who is that friend?
(a) Wash Jones.
(b) The French planter.
(c) The French architect.
(d) General Compson.

3. Where is Shreve from?
(a) Springfield, Illinois.
(b) Jefferson, Mississippi.
(c) Alberta, Canada.
(d) Cambridge, Massachussetts.

4. Where is Thomas Sutpen born?
(a) In the territory that is to become North Carolina.
(b) In the territory that is to become West Virginia.
(c) In the territory that is to become Louisiana.
(d) In the territory that is to become Mississippi.

5. Who is Penelope?
(a) Sutpen's mother.
(b) Sutpen's mare, who bears a colt the same day Sutpen's last child is born.
(c) Sutpen's daughter.
(d) Sutpen's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rosa leave Sutpen's estate in Chapter 5?

2. What is the setting of Chapter 8?

3. What is Judith holding in her hand the first time Rosa sees her after the murder?

4. Who is the letter in Chapter 6 from?

5. Who says a prayer at Charles Bon's funeral?

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